Kelly HayesMarch 27, 2021
3min4161
The funding will go to four organizations that promote diversity among careers in energy, government, law and politics.
Tag: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Kelly HayesMarch 27, 2021
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2018
4min296
President Donald Trump will give the State of the Union address next week and, according to Buzzfeed, the Congressional Black Caucus plans action. “We could go, we could go and walk out, we could go and hold up fists … or we could not go, or we could hold our own State of the Union,” CBC Chair […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017
8min340
Rontel Batie, a former Corrine Brown staffer who is now running to take back her seat in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, issued the first salvo of the 2018 Democratic primary campaign against the incumbent Thursday evening. That incumbent — Rep. Al Lawson, a moderate Democrat from Tallahassee — does not align with the priorities of the Congressional Black […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017
6min352
It was only a matter of time before U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, drew a primary challenge in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. However, that challenge isn’t coming from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, at least not yet. Rather, the first primary opponent for Lawson is Rontel Batie, a 29 year-old former Tallahassee lobbyist and former Corrine Brown policy director who […]