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Juneteenth: What to know about newest federal holiday and if mail comes Wednesday
Axios· 6 days agoPresident Biden signed legislation in June 2021 for the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983 ...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
COVID is bouncing back this summer. Here’s what to know
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoSummer just started, but California’s not-too-surprising seasonal COVID bump is already going...
How the Utah Legislature wants to push back against the Biden administration in a special session
The Salt Lake Tribune· 7 days agoOn Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, the...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
ABC7 News· 6 days agoLee was 12 years old. It was 74 years after enslaved Black people in the U.S. found out they were...
In 2025, pay raises could range from 2% to 20%
Federal News Network· 5 hours agoThis year’s budget cycle shows clear bicameral support for junior enlisted pay raises that would go above and beyond the 4.5% pay raise President Biden...
Today is Juneteenth. What to know about what will be closed and why we celebrate
The Indianapolis Star· 6 days agoToday is Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoIn the lead-up to 19 June 2021, both chambers of the US Congress moved swiftly to pass the bill and - with the signature of President Biden, it became...
Why are state offices closed in New Jersey today? There's an explanation
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhy is New Jersey observing Juneteenth on Friday instead of Wednesday? In 2021, President Joe Biden...
Granderson: Overcoming America’s past is everyone’s responsibility
Los Angeles Times· 6 hours agoIt’s been nearly 10 years since my cousin Ingrid Scott-Weekley passed away from cancer. Recognizing...