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White House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universities
Read full article: White House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universitiesIf President Donald Trump's budget proposal wins final congressional approval, funding will be slashed for tribal colleges and universities.
Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talks
Read full article: Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talksProminent Democratic Latinos in Congress quietly raised concerns at first about negotiations between the Biden administration and a group of senators over border security and asylum restrictions.
US senators seek expanded compensation for those exposed to nuclear fallout
Read full article: US senators seek expanded compensation for those exposed to nuclear falloutU.S. senators from New Mexico and Idaho are making another push to expand the federal government’s compensation program for people exposed to radiation from uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War.
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New push on to expand nuclear radiation compensation in US
Read full article: New push on to expand nuclear radiation compensation in USA bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation program for people who were exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War.
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People downwind of atomic blasts renew push for US payout
Read full article: People downwind of atomic blasts renew push for US payoutFILE - This July 16, 1945, file photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M. A congressional subcommittee was taking testimony Wednesday, March 24, 2021, about who should be eligible under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The advocacy group has been trying for years to bring awareness to the lingering effects of nuclear fallout surrounding the Trinity Site. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez testified about the environmental and health effects of decades of uranium mining on tribal land. If Congress doesn't doesn't renew the program, no more claims can be filed after July 2022.