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• Cutting Energy Star Hurts Americans – And Helps No One But Polluters

  17-05-2025 15:45
  
  Energy Star (Photo Credit: trenttsd, Flickr).
  “Look for the Energy Star.” Most Americans know that is excellent advice to anyone appliance shopping. That little blue label saves American consumers roughly $40 billion a year in energy costs every year.With the program’s modest price tag – less than one percent of the EPA’s total spending – Americans save a whopping $1,250 for every single dollar spent on Energy Star. And Americans know that little blue symbol m
  
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• Mayor Brandon Johnson Marks Two Years in Office with Focus on Safety, Schools, and Housing

  17-05-2025 15:00
  
  Two years after taking office, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration released a progress report outlining key achievements in crime reduction, school investment, housing, youth employment, and labor rights.
  Titled Two Years of Investing in People, the document covers May 2023 to May 2025. It breaks down efforts across five areas of focus: community safety, public education, community development, youth programs, and working people.
  Here’s what the administration says has changed&mda
  
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• Nation’s Largest Remaining Antebellum Plantation Burns To The Ground

  17-05-2025 14:30
  Photo: Nottoway Resort
  The largest remaining antebellum plantation in the U.S. has burned to the ground, PEOPLE reports.
  On Thursday (May 15), the south wing of Nottoway Resort, a former antebellum plantation turned travel destination and wedding venue, was engulfed in flames. The 64-room, 53,000-square-foot structure was a pile of rubble by 10 p.m.
  The cause of the fire remains unknown. There have been no reported injuries.
  On Friday (May 16), Iberville Parish President Craig Daigle issued a st
  
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• Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth Due To Georgia Abortion Ban

  17-05-2025 14:15
  Photo: iStockphoto
  A brain-dead woman is reportedly being forced to carry a fetus to birth due to Georgia’s abortion ban, per The Independent.
  30-year-old Adriana Smith, a registered nurse at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, was nine weeks pregnant in February when she began having headaches. Smith went to Northside Hospital, where she was later released after being given medication, her mother, April Newkirk, said.
  “They gave her some medication, but they didn’t do any te
  
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• Austin Faith Leaders Rally to Raise $55K for New Inspirational Baptist Church Roof Repairs

  17-05-2025 13:30
   In a powerful show of solidarity, pastors and community leaders are coming together to support New Inspirational Baptist Church in the Austin neighborhood as they seek to raise $55,000 to repair their church roof. Founded over 40 years ago by Bishop Andrew Griffin, the church has been a beacon of hope and a lifeline for the community, providing feeding programs for the homeless and seniors, disaster relief assistance, and emotional counseling to those in need.
  Pastor Griffin, who has led t
  
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