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Education

Doug Jones’s funding for HBCUs signed into law

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law the FUTURE Act, which restores millions in federal funding to historically black Universities (HBCUs) and other...

StaffDecember 20, 2019

Opinion

Opinion | Fighting for our HBCUs

Right now Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions across the country are facing a disastrous financial cliff, all because the...

Doug JonesNovember 11, 2019

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National

Doug Jones leads new push to renew funding for HBCUs

Monday, U.S. Senators Doug Jones (D-Alabama) and Jon Tester (D-Montana) are leading a group of 36 of their colleagues in a new push to...

Brandon MoseleyNovember 5, 2019

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Education

Jones’s attempt to fund minority colleges blocked by Tennessee senator

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday asked for unanimous consent on the floor of the U.S. Senate to pass legislation that would continue funding...

Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 20, 2019

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Education

Jones calls on McConnell to bring FUTURE Act to a vote after House approval

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Tuesday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring up for a vote the FUTURE Act, which...

Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 18, 2019

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Education

Jones urges Congress to extend funding for HBCUs

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Hoover, spoke on the Senate floor Wednesday to urge his colleagues to support renewed funding for historically black colleges and...

Brandon MoseleySeptember 12, 2019