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Teslas made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them

The Verge

There was a bill proposed in the Texas legislature seemingly tailored to help Tesla: it would have let companies sell their cars directly to consumers if they were completely driven by electricity or battery-power, and only if those companies never had franchised dealerships in the state.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. Architect Stephen Cassell, for example, proposed protecting New York’s financial district with a ring of tidal salt marshes and wetlands around lower Manhattan.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

That campaign also laid out plans to propose limits for other heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury. Michael White is a distinguished professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

Register for the 3-course, 100% online Grant Proposal Certificate from the Nonprofit Management Institute. implemented contracting reform collaborative task forces successfully: Connecticut, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Texas. Not every government agency are guilty of these.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals. Each Friday, you’ll receive information about a few upcoming deadlines and new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) posted within the week. Candid offers their Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

GCF seeks to target these areas to help fill the gaps in climate financing through Requests for Proposals (RfP) and pilot programmes which are focused on specific themes. Areas served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Areas served: Worldwide. PADI AWARE Foundation.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

1977: Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed by a UN conference held to address discrimination against Native Americans. This interest also cuts across political state lines, as a regional breakdown shows New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in the top 10 for “Columbus Day” search volume.