Biden pushes education spending at stops in Virginia
Biden hits the road to sell $4 trillion economic pitch By CNN staff | May 3, 2021 at 12:58 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 2:53 PM
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) President Joe Biden traveled Monday to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week.
Visiting Tidewater Community College with first lady Jill Biden, the president discussed his $109 billion proposal to provide Americans with two years of tuition-free community college. He’s also seeking over $80 billion for Pell Grants to help college affordability and $62 billion for programs that could improve completion rates at community colleges and institutions that predominantly serve disadvantaged students.
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The Gaston Gazette
The future of Gaston County health was the focus of the Belmont Abbey President s Roundtable hosted via Zoom Thursday morning by college President Bill Thierfelder.
The forum featured remarks from Gaston Health Director Steve Easton, CaroMont Health Medical Director Dr. Todd Davis, Donna Elliott, executive director of HealthNet Gaston, and Mike Arriola, acting director of the North Carolina district office of the Small Business Administration.
Here s a brief summary of the points made by each speaker:
Steve Eaton:
Gaston County s COVID-19 infection rate and death rate remain high, but the last week has shown a slow reduction in both.