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Foxx files bill that would restore contracts to nonprofits serving the blind, disabled
At the nation’s largest employer of the blind, only a skeletal crew of workers remains. After IFB Solutions lost its Veterans Affairs contracts, the nonprofit lost 99 jobs, and the layoffs aren’t over in its optical lab in Winston-Salem. In total, some 137 employees, including 76 blind people and 15 veterans, will face unemployment. U.S....