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The Good News
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The Good News hosted by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and powered by KNG Networks and Baltimore Public Media delivers insightful daily and weekly content.

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  • Public policy makers and scientists agree that all nations need to contribute to reducing “Greenhouse Gases” that are contributing to climate and environmental deterioration throughout the world. The GOOD News is the Environment Protection Agency has announced $20 billion in funding to reduce the emission of Greenhouse Gases in America.
  • Advanced technologies to develop and manufacture computer chips are increasingly in high demand. The GOOD News is the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities.
  • Listening to radio broadcasts is once again on the rise across America.The GOOD News is the Federal Communications Commission has adopted final rules for program originating FM boosters action that will allow FM radio stations to customize and differentiate content reaching different portions of their respective service areas.
  • The nation’s overall economy is impacted positively by the growth and expansion of small businesses across the nation. The Small Business Administration has confirmed that the Biden-Harris Administration has set a record in helping in the financing of small business in America.
  • Medical research in American is key to finding new and innovative ways to keep Americans healthy and well. The Federal Drug Administration has approved a medical study to access the therapeutic potential of cannabis use for veterans that suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  • In the age of the growth of large agribusiness conglomerates, how are small family-owned farmers surviving in America?
  • One of the closest associates and confidants of Martin Luther King Jr was his lawyer, speech writer and advisor. Attorney Clarence B. Jones was that lawyer who was a key member of a small group of courageous African American and Jewish American leaders who banded together with Dr. King to ignite the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s.
  • Communications are essential in education, economics, and in the expanding panoply of technological innovations in America. The GOOD News is the Federal Communications Commission will receive new national leadership as a result of the outcome of the 2024 elections, and that leadership is promising to increase the business side of the communications industry across the nation.
  • American innovations continue to set global trends in the transportation industry. The GOOD News is the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the issuance of a final rule for operating electric-powered air taxis across the nation. This is another clean energy innovation, and it is an impressive new aviation category in the airline industry. Air Taxis are also referred to as Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicles.
  • There are many urban areas in America that are still engulfed with disproportionate poverty and hopelessness for underserved communities. What these cities need is more economic opportunities and higher-paying jobs. The GOOD News is the Commerce Department has announced $18.2 billion in funding for economically depressed urban areas on the West Coast and on the East Coast.