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July 16, 2013
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Big news of the week is that the U.S. House of Representatives may consider a long-stalled bill to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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July 16, 2013
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Newark officials Monday unveiled the city’s new mobile emergency operations center, an RV-style vehicle equipped to serve as a command post on wheels during crises ranging from natural disasters to terrorist attack.
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July 15, 2013
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As July 1st, 2013 neared; the pressing nature of interest rates on student loans doubling was growing more than ever during the last week of June. Even with that outcome looming, it seemed that members of Congress on both sides were failing to embrace a necessary compromise on a bill and allow students to pay the price figuratively and literally.
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July 12, 2013
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Non-profit organization Soldier On is set to receive a $2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to aid veterans and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Hudson, Essex and Bergen counties.
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July 9, 2013
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President Barack Obama met with the Congressional Black Caucus members on Tuesday morning to discuss job creation, immigration, poverty, and voting rights.
July 3, 2013
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Amid political broadsides and calls for congressional action in response to the recent Supreme Court decision striking down a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act, it was a local community activist who brought the crowd to its feet during a rally today in Newark.
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July 3, 2013
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. expressed his extreme disappointment following the Supreme Court's decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act.
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July 3, 2013
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Low-income college students who receive subsidized Stafford educational loans will see their interest rates double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Lawmakers were unable to reach a compromise before the July 1 deadline. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-10th Dist.) describes the Senate delay as "unfair and immoral."
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July 3, 2013
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On Monday, July 1, Congressmen Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called for a solution to the doubling of interest rates for federally backed, need-based loans that went into effect today.
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July 3, 2013
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Leading N.J. lawmakers and ministers called Wednesday on lawmakers to fight the U.S. Supreme Court decision that changed the federal voting rights act.
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