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National News

Legislators announce community policy weekend

New BlackPrc9sUSA.com site gives Black voice more power WASHINGTON (NNPA) — National Newspaper Publisher Association leadership is very excited about the July 31 launch ofits new Website providing 2000presidential election coverage and analysis. For NNPA’s 15 million weekly readers, the site will be a boost to understanding and responding to issues addressed by national candidates as developments occur. ‘This site will allow the Black press to be more responsive than ever to events shaping a national presidential election and in highlighting issues of concern to the Black community in that arena,” said NNPA President John J. Oliver Jr. “We will represent the only allBlack voice analyzing the national conventions for more than 15 million African-American readers,” said NNPA Executive Director Ben Jealous. Xchange Interactive, a Web design and programming company, co-owned by Joy Bramble, publisher of The Baltimore Times, has agreed to build a special site to facilitate daily Black press coverage of the 2000 Republican and Democratic national conventions. , The site, BlackPressUSA.com, will be linked to the Web site of every NNPA newspaper that publishes an online edition. Together, these sites receive well over 3 million hits per month. . This special convention coverage site will feature: , • Daily dispatches and analysis by Dr. Ronald Walters (founder of the National Coalition of Black Political Scientists and chairman of the African-American Leadersjiip Institute at the University of Maryland). , •Articles from NNPA member newspapers covering the convent,i i. unr! Up-to-the-minute analysis by young political pundits. . • A special report on Blacks and the electoral process prepared the NNPA Foundation’s NorthStar

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On Sept. 8-9, the Indiana Black know” The workshops within the Legislative Caucus will host its conference will examine the gloannual weekend conference, at the bal dynamics of community and Omega Conference Center, 3110 self-empoweiment through public Sutherland Ave., to discuss exist- policy, ing policy and investigate the ere- Topics of the weekend will ination of new legislation. elude: Economic development; self The purpose of the weekend is sufficiency in the 21st century; to offer the delegates of commu- Education in a global environment; nity-based groups an opportunity Civil and criminal law, global to gain a greater understanding of equality of fairness; Health; Labor how the legislative process oper- and employment; Religion and ates. spiritual initiatives; Globa) senior The theme this year is “You can- issues; Telecommunications and

utility reform; Youth. “It is our aim to mobilize the community to take a larger role in the legislative process. We fully intend to educate, inform and organize our community statewide around specific recommendations that will come from this weekend,” said IndianaBlack Legislative Caucus Chairman Charlie Brown. For more information about the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Legislative Weekend, or to register a delegate, call (317) 232-9646.

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Congressional salary increases raise concern WASHINGTON (NNPA)—As Congress voted to give itself cost-qf-li ving raises, some concern was noted regarding the availability of funds for congressional wage increases and the controversy surrounding Congress’ inability to raise the minimum wage for all Americans. In aquiet July 20 vote. Congress gave itself a $3,800 per year raise fpr next year. Members of Con- ^ gress now earn yearly salaries of $141,300. The vote was 250 to 173. U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, DMass., a longstanding voice for the American working family, has consistently raised his voice in congressional chambers regarding the seeming hypocrisy in Congress not supporting an adequate minimum wage while voting annual wage increases for itself. The current minimum wage is $5.25 and yields some $ 11,000 per year before taxes.

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