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Month: October 2017

Congressman Ruiz introduces bill aimed at eliminating environmental injustice

Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz introduces landmark bill aimed at eliminating environmental injustice. Ruiz made the announcement Tuesday morning alongside New Jersey Senator Cory Booker in Washington D.C. The environmental justice act of 2017 will require federal agencies to strengthen legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, communities that are underserved as well

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Indio teacher wounded in Las Vegas shooting returns to classroom

An Indio teacher who was injured in the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting is back at school Tuesday. Desert Sands Unified School District superintendent Scott Bailey tweeted a photo with Alexis Arias Tuesday morning. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/ScaughtSb/status/922873042191216641″,”author_name”:”Scott Bailey”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/ScaughtSb”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Ms. Arias is back! So happy to see her today. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/perseverance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#perseverance&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/DesertSandsUSD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@DesertSandsUSD&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/8QfFhCcSmK”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/8QfFhCcSmK&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Scott

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