HRC News Clips August 30 – September 22, 2016

Civil Rights/Fair Housing

10 civil rights groups beef up discrimination complaint against Bank of America. Inman.com. August 31, 2016. Read more here.

Report finds racial wage gap widest in nearly 4 decades. Dayton Daily News. September 20, 2016. Read more here.

Divisions deep in debate over Chillicothe anti-discrimination law. Columbus Dispatch. September 3, 2016. Read more here.

Woman sues Champion landlords over denial of service dog. Vindy.com. September 2, 2016. Read more here.

Law You Can Use: Transgender issues in the workplace: What you should know. The Morning Journal. September 11, 2016. Read more here.

 

Business and Technical Assistance

Entrepreneurs survey: Ohio lags in new, minority-owned businesses. Dayton Daily News. September 3, 2016. Read more here.

Help Us Spread the Word about Dayton Startup Week!! Dayton Startup Week. August 18, 2016. Read more here.

Popular Oregon District entrepreneur coshare expanding near WSU. Dayton Daily News. August 24, 2016. Read more here.

Fuyao surge felt by small businesses. Dayton Business Journal. August 25, 2016. Read more here.

 

Community Police Relations

Lasting Scars, Part 2: Fifty years later, Dayton remains segregated. Dayton Daily News. August 30, 2016. Read more here.

Ohio leaders scrutinize policing. Yellow Springs News. September 1, 2016. Read more here.

80 percent of county homicides involve guns. Dayton Daily News. August 21, 2016. Read more here.

Montgomery County sheriff’s office sued over pepper spray incident. Dayton Daily News. September 14, 2016. Read more here.

Father says his son, killed in Trotwood ‘gun battle,’ was ‘no thug’. WHIO. September 21, 2016. Read more here.

Boy, 13, fatally shot by Ohio police after pulling out BB gun that looked like real weapon: cops. Chicago Tribune. September 15, 2016. Read more here.

The Latest: Officer who shot boy met performance standards. WHIO. September 19, 2016. Read more here.

 

Welcome Dayton

Obama administration proposes ‘startup visa.’ Dayton Business Journal. August 29, 2016. Read more here.

Long process for Syrian refugees admitted to US. NBC 24. August 23, 2016. Read more here.

The best American cities for refugees share these key qualities. Quartz.com. September 19, 2016. Read more here.

More than 800 immigrants accidentally granted U.S. citizenship. 10TV. September 19, 2016. Read more here.

What Ohioans say about immigration. Akron Beacon Journal. September 11, 2016. Read more here.

American Officials to Visit Germany to Discuss Refugee Reception and Integration Best Practices. Digital Journal. September 13, 2016. Read more here.