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Assemblymember Garcia Urges Increase in After School Funding
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Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia formally submitted a request to Senate and Assembly leadership today to increase the State’s After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) funding by $54 million in 2015/2016 and raise the daily rate from $7.50 per student to $8.50 per student. The funding request would allow the programs to keep their doors open and deliver expanded learning activities to low-income students.
Governor Brown, International Leaders Form Historic Partnership to Fight Climate Change
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Sacramento, California - California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with international leaders from 11 other states and provinces, collectively representing more than $4.5 trillion in GDP and 100 million people, to limit the increase in global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius – the warming threshold at which scientists say there will likely be catastrophic climate disruptions.
Concerns About Burma's Health Care for Population Control Bill
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Washington, DC - The United States is deeply concerned about legislative passage of the Health Care for Population Control Bill in Burma, paving the way for it to be enacted into law. This bill and the three other draft bills to purportedly “protect race and religion,” which address religious conversion, interfaith marriage, and monogamy, contain provisions that could be enforced in a manner that would undermine respect for reproductive rights, women’s rights, and religious freedom.
Water Wisdom
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Sacramento, California - The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Water Wisdom,” a profile of Central California farmer Don Cameron and his innovative water management to lessen the pain of the drought.
FTC, All 50 States and D.C. Charge Four Cancer Charities With Bilking Over $187 Million from Consumers
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission and 58 law enforcement partners from every state and the District of Columbia have charged four sham cancer charities and their operators with bilking more than $187 million from consumers. The defendants told donors their money would help cancer patients, including children and women suffering from breast cancer, but the overwhelming majority of donations benefitted only the perpetrators, their families and friends, and fundraisers.
International Day of Biodiversity
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Milan, Italy - May 22 is the International Day of Biodiversity an opportunity to increase understanding and awareness of the Earth’s flora and fauna. This year’s theme is biodiversity for sustainable development.
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