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Are banks, post offices, UPS and FedEx open on Juneteenth 2024 in NH? Here's what to know
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoChris Sununu signed a bill in 2019. As a D So, with Juneteenth not being a state...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via AOL· 5 hours ago“We are highlighting the struggle, their faith, their commitment, and their service through the...
In first, EPA union endorses Biden for president
The Hill· 2 hours agoA union representing employees with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday endorsed President Biden’s reelection — its first ever political...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth has significance as formal holiday
The Times and Democrat· 6 hours agoNews of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not reach slaves in Texas for 2-1/2 years when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger marched into Galveston on June 19, 1865, to announce ...
Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 22 hours ago“Reverend Lawson’s teachings...service.” Civil Rights icon Rev. James Lawson at a union rally in...
Interim police chief interviewed for ShotSpotter job before Worcester promotion
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoThomas Matthews, a spokesperson for the city, said the city is waiting on the state Legislature to...
‘Automatic’ registration would boost California’s voter rolls. What’s the downside?
Santa Maria Times· 2 hours agoUnder the blistering Sacramento sun outside the Capitol last week, advocates for Black, Latino and...
Delaware House rejects expanding absentee ballot, early voting in state constitution
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPREVIOUS VOTING REFORMS...ability to vote safely and securely, whether through this amendment or...
Bill restricting sexually explicit performances in front of children heads to the governor
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 20 hours agoThe Texas Legislature gave final approval Sunday to a bill that will criminalize performers that put...