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Sameer Rao | March 7, 2021, 8:02 PM EST A pair of bills before the Maryland General Assembly could, if passed, bring the state s four storied, historically Black colleges and universities a historic $577 million dollars that supporters have argued will address long-standing and racist inequities in the state s higher education funding.
This redress would not have happened without a similarly unprecedented decade-plus of federal litigation, nor without the tenacious pro bono efforts, both in and out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, of Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Michael D. Jones.
Michael D. Jones guided a legal battle that is on track to bring Maryland s historically Black colleges and universities hundreds of millions of dollars in institutional funding.
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States are looking to help their vulnerable communities as vaccine distribution ramps up
More mass coronavirus vaccination sites are popping up across the country as the pandemic continues, including sports arenas like Doger Stadium in Los Angeles. CNN s Erica Hill reports.
Posted: Feb 7, 2021 1:51 PM
Updated: Feb 7, 2021 1:51 PM
Posted By: By Madeline Holcombe, CNN
As officials make strides to improve accessibility to Covid-19 vaccines in the United States, some states are turning their focus to the underserved and vulnerable communities that have not yet been eligible for protection.
States initially raced to vaccinate their priority populations, often health care workers and people in long-term care facilities, followed by seniors and/or essential workers, with many states saying demand for vaccines was exceeding supply.