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RNS Opening Budget — Tuesday, May 4, 2021

NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Refugee-Ceiling: Biden raises refugee ceiling and faith-based groups brace for rebuilding work
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Faith-based refugee resettlement groups are celebrating President Joe Biden’s decision to raise the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. for the remainder of the federal fiscal year to 62,500, even as they acknowledge they need to rebuild their capacity after years of having few people to help. By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins. 1,048 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Riess-Oped: Mormons’ petitions help to save historic artwork in Manti Utah Temple
(RNS) — the church announced it has changed its plan again and will now save the murals in their entirety inside the temple, where they were designed to be seen and used. Many are breathing a sigh of relief that Teichert’s murals, as well as other irreplaceable pieces of art and history, will be saved from destruction. By Jana Riess. 650 words. (category: k)

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