CCD Alerts

Man in wheelchair struck and killed

Posted: March 19, 2009 09:23 PM CDT JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - A man in a wheelchair is fatally hit while traveling down the road. Jackson police say the driver of a Chevrolet Impala was attempting to cross the median on Medgar Evers Boulevard, when she rear ended a Chevrolet Tahoe. The SUV then struck and killed an unidentified man who was riding in his wheelchair on the side of the road because there are no sidewalks. A spokeswoman for the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities says Thursday's tragedy was an accident waiting to happen. Read more.

Why Jackson, MS needs better transit and complete streets

As you’ve (hopefully) seen on the front page, we’ve been asking for your photos of anything transportation-related in your community, and you’ve responded with photos of new light rail vehicles in Phoenix, bike boxes in Portland, Safe Routes to School in Ohio, and many others that are being spotlighted on the front page and in the sidebar just to your right. But we especially wanted to share this story and photos we received yesterday from Dr. Scott Crawford in Jackson, MS. Read more.

JPD identifies Jackson man killed in crash (posted: March 20, 2009)

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090320/NEWS/90320012/-1/archive

Fatal crash revives call for better sidewalks

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090321/NEWS/903210337/1002/news01

The leader of a coalition for the disabled is renewing her call for improved sidewalks in Jackson after Thursday's traffic crash that killed an elderly man in west Jackson. "It's always something tragic that brings attention (to a problem)," said Mary Troupe, director of the state Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities. Read more.

Top White House Aide Talks Disability Policy By Michelle Diament March 24, 2009

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/03/24/kareem-dale/2639/

White House rules: Governors control stimulus cash By JIM DAVENPORT – April 1, 2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In an important victory for the nation's governors, the White House is acknowledging that state legislatures across the country can't wrest control of $48.6 billion made available under the new federal stimulus law to help states cope with their budgets. White House budget chief Peter Orszag (OHR'-zag) says there is no provision in the stimulus law for state lawmakers to accept that money without approval by the governor. South Carolina's Republican governor, Mark Sanford, has said he may decline more than $700 million in stimulus money because the White House won't let him spend the money to pay down his state's debt. Orszag wrote in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that Sanford controls those purse strings. The White House also urged Congress to change the law to avoid what it called unfortunate and unintended consequences. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.  

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