U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume and Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen Friday announced $2.3 million in congressionally directed Community Project Funding was awarded to East Baltimore Development Inc. (EBDI) through the 2023 federal appropriations funding process. The money will be invested in public roadways and walkways surrounding east Baltimore’s Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns .
kids every day why it isn t healthy and why it is important to remember to use the clean water and not the faucet water. that was a resident and baltimore, maryland. reacting to what is happening in the city. the city that is the latest growing epicenter of america s clean water crisis. like jackson, mississippi and flint, michigan the residents in baltimore affected by this crisis are predominantly black. last of, number test revealed at the presence of e. coli within the drinking water and three sites in west baltimore. the city briefly issued a boil water advisory but that is since been lifted. many residents remain weary though. city officials say the contamination was caused by a cascade of water infrastructure failures over the years. so, joining me now to answer some questions, maryland states and our cory mccray, mr. mccray and senator mccray, thank you so much. welcome in. can you tell us what is driving this crisis in maryland? cory, i thank you for the opportunity.
when folks invested in the human side and that piece of it. people need to work on fixing the pipes within the ground. people need to work on doing the block to build down new schools. people need to work on the additional equity challenges that we have with the insulation piece that s also there. i think if we can find these resources that we have, we invest in people, i think we dig ourselves out of a big hole in baltimore, i can see it very bright future. there are so many more issues to discuss here but we will have to leave it here for the moment. we really appreciate your time. maryland state senator, cory mccray, thank you senator, appreciate it. thank you cory. meanwhile there s good news for millions of cash drought americans struggling with higher prices due to inflation. new consumer price index data just released thursday showing the price growth in the u.s. has slowed for the sixth straight month. well unemployment heading 53-year low. to encouraging signs as some ec