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Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSlavery would not be formally abolished until that December when the 13th Amendment was ratified. The next year, newly freed people in Texas organized...
Power & Secrecy: Five things to know about N&O investigation into the NC legislature
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 days agoThat eliminated the opportunity for debate or amendments. In one of those budgets, legislative...
Virginia will be 1st state in the South to end child marriage
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 2 hours agoVirginia is the 12th state to completely ban child marriage. There are 38 states that still allow...
Macon passes budget with adjustments
Smoky Mountain News· 30 minutes ago“The fiscal year ‘25 recommended budget is probably the most important to me because it has been a decade in the making,” said County Manager Derek Roland. Despite the final adjustments, Macon ...
House passes defense policy bill advancing key GOP priorities
Washington Post· 5 days agoThe Republican-controlled House on Friday passed its version of the annual defense policy bill,...
House passes defense bill over Democrats' objections to 'poison pill' amendments
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 14—U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, joined fellow Democrats in voting Friday against the proposed 2025 National Defense Authorization Act after Republicans had added provisions regarding ...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWednesday will not be the first observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the first time...
Hillary Clinton gets standing ovation in surprise appearance at Tonys: 'Very special'
USA Today· 2 days ago"What a great evening!" the former Democratic presidential candidate said. Clinton served as a...
The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGeneral Order No. 3 It wasn’t until Granger traveled to Galveston, Texas, and performed a public...
After U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow bump stocks, U.S. Senate rejects bill to ban them
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoWASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts blocked a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would ban bump stocks...
