Irene M Padilla and Skip Auld: What if America fully funded its public libraries? | COMMENTARY capitalgazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalgazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Libraries across the United States closed because of the coronavirus, moving as many activities and services online as they could.Credit.Lyndon French for The New York Times
To the Editor:
In “Infrastructure Isn’t Really About Roads. It’s About the Society We Want” (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, April 26), Eric Klinenberg argues that strong public infrastructure places where communities can gather, learn from one another and grow after over a year of isolation is the key to our resurgence and renewal, just as it was during the New Deal.
We strongly agree, and cite public libraries as the ultimate example: trusted, welcoming community and civic spaces offering education and opportunity for all. These beloved neighborhood institutions and their free and irreplaceable services, classes and programs will be central to our recovery.
Brown calls for strong Buy America rules for taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his bipartisan legislation to apply Buy America rules to all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects.
Currently, Buy America rules have not been fully implemented with respect to all federal programs that provide grants for the construction of infrastructure. When Chinese- or Russian-made steel and other products are used instead of American products, it steals jobs from U.S. Workers, Brown said.
Brown’s Build America, Buy America Act would implement Buy America rules across the board – ensuring that American taxpayer dollars are used to buy American-made iron, steel and manufactured products for any federally funded infrastructure projects. Brown introduced the bill with Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mike Braun (R-IN). Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) is lea
Kamala Harris pushes for $20B in infrastructure funding to go to electric school buses
Kamala Harris spoke during a tour of Thomas Built Buses, Monday, April 19, 2021, in High Point, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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As schools struggle to pick up the pieces from Democrat-led lockdown orders, Kamala Harris seems to have different priorities.
During a photo-op at a bus manufacturing plant in North Carolina on Monday, Harris claimed school buses are not only an issue for so-called climate change, but a public health threat.
Kamala Harris toured Thomas Built Buses, Monday, April 19, 2021, in High Point, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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