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On the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump used his address Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota to allege that there is “a resurgence of the communist menace in our ...
Read article →Editor’s note: It is a tradition at the Nevada Current that each Fourth of July we publish excerpts from the famous speech delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. The optimism Douglass...
Read article →Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Sciences Po Why do France and the United States – two nations that claim to be founded on universal principles rather than common ancestry – place such extraordinary importance on their nationa...
Read article →WASHINGTON — What’s more American than apple pie? Capitalism. And an array of merchandise and influence is on sale for the 250th birthday of the United States. An America250 $275 Liberty Lux American Prosperity decora...
Read article →By Avery Clifton, Malia Walker and Melodie Miller While the United States marks its 250th birthday as a nation, Colorado is celebrating its 150th birthday as a state. Colorado entered the union on Aug. 1, 1876, adding...
Read article →Tuesday’s primaries saw a series of impressive wins for progressive candidates in Colorado. The starkest example of this was Melat Kiros’ upset victory over U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette. The symbolism of a 30-year incumben...
Read article →As communities prepare for crowded July Fourth celebrations, cities and towns across the country have revived juvenile curfews and increased police patrols in response to an apparent uptick in large teen gatherings an...
Read article →CAMDEN, SC — Fourteen unknown soldiers who died in the Battle of Camden are one step closer to being identified 246 years after their deaths. With one soldier named last month, a team of archaeologists, preservationis...
Read article →Democrats are seizing the mantle of states’ rights to oppose the agenda of President Donald Trump, who has sought to reset Washington’s relationship with the states. While the party out of federal power has alwa...
Read article →Members of the Imams Council of Michigan gathered at the American Islamic Community Center in Madison Heights, which was the target of threats of death and violence on Sunday when the mosque received two voicemails wi...
Read article →Amanda Gonzalez, who is ending her first term as Jefferson County’s clerk and recorder, won the Democratic primary to be Colorado’s next secretary of state. The Associated Press called the race at 7:25 p.m. Tues...
Read article →The minimum wage is going up in 17 states and localities July 1, but Nevada isn’t one of them. With one or two exceptions, this summer’s minimum wage increases across the country are the result of statutes or ordinanc...
Read article →This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. At least 50 residents in Wexford County packed Monday’s meeting of the Wexford Joint Pl...
Read article →Reprinted with permission from KAXE. BRAINERD — The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office’s cooperation with federal immigration agents continues to draw both public ire and support. Eight residents spoke during the...
Read article →Gathering on the Capitol steps Tuesday evening, Michigan lawmakers joined with residents and officials from communities across the state to demand greater local control over data center development. Michigan became a ...
Read article →Democrats pulled off a win in a special election to fill the remainder of a former Democratic state senator’s term in a race that turned out tighter than expected. Sen. Nabilah Parkes of Duluth stepped down from her s...
Read article →Blair County commissioners now have a policy outlining how they'll control spending in case of a prolonged state budget delay, a common occurrence in Harrisburg that has an outsized impact on certain government agencies.
Read article →“My toilet is leaking and draining all over my floor. In the master bedroom, with an odor,” Park’s Edge resident Lanika Hester emailed to her property manager at 9:55 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. A foul-smelling su...
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