Each year, millions of dollars in contracts are awarded by the City of Milwaukee from major construction projects to office supplies. And every year, businesses owned by Blacks, Hispanics and other underrepresented groups, including women compete for those city dollars.
Now, a long simmering debate over whether the city s process for awarding contracts is equitable for those businesses may be coming to a head through a new study that is examining the city s contracting system.
The city s process for awarding contracts has long been race-neutral, which means race and gender cannot be used by the city as it awards contracts.
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It s almost as if the Phillies pitching staff likes competition. The main candidates for the fourth and fifth starting pitching spots in the rotation have each pitched already. Spencer Howard had a dominating 1-2-3 inning Friday, making it pretty clear with his lively and overpowering fastball that he was determined to make it back to South Philly. Vince Velasquez tossed two perfect innings with three strikeouts making his opening case this week as well, with Chase Anderson doing the exact same. Matt Moore tossed two scoreless frames (one hit, one walk allowed).
Good luck to Joe Girardi and the Phillies pitching staff it might be hard to decide what to do if this continues.
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The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday once again addressed financial reporting matters at the center of a conflict between the County Administrative Office and the office of Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez.
Today’s discussion was a sequel of sorts to a special board meeting back in November when supervisors Virginia Bass and Rex Bohn sounded the alarm over “operational gaps” in the county’s fiscal reporting. These gaps, according to staff, had placed the county at risk of losing more than $14 million in state and federal reimbursement.
A staff report from today’s meeting says there are still “outstanding financial transactions” that could wind up costing the county millions, and it asks the board to “authorize” Paz Dominguez to post the transactions in question.
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A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has taken his research into Reconstruction history to new heights with the launch of a graphic history book that he hopes will be the first in a series on racial history and justice in the United States.
Dr. Brian Mitchell, assistant professor of history at UA Little Rock, wrote the manuscript for “Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana” four years ago. He worked with Nick Weldon, an editor, and Barrington Edwards, an illustrator, to bring Dunn’s story to life in the 256-page book.
“I believed that Dunn’s story and that of Reconstruction Louisiana offer us a valuable perspective on race, violence, politics, and citizenship which we could use today,” said Mitchell, who is a distant relative of Dunn’s.
A warm-up is on the way, but weather watchers say not to worry about immediate flooding. We re expecting that any snow pack would melt pretty slowly, said Alexa Maines, meteorologist with the National Weather Service s Cleveland office. We ll definitely significantly reduce the snow pack over the next few days, if not get rid of it.
Temperatures are expected to reach into the mid- to upper-40s later this week in the Akron-Canton area.
The spring thaw in previous years has come with heavy rain onto an already saturated ground, resulting in flooding that has done millions of dollars in damage. Quick warm-ups leave snow melting fast.