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“I do see color, because I believe if you don’t see color, you can’t see racism.” — former New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo Like Cervante’s Don Quixote de la Mancha, James Uthmeier has been on a crusade of l...
Read article →On the 14th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed to keep defending the Dreamers who were brought to the country as children and remain undocument...
Read article →Candidates running for their party tickets in Tuesday’s runoff election made their last-ditch campaign efforts over the weekend and on Monday. Gov. Brian Kemp had a particularly busy Monday, when he campaigned both fo...
Read article →Colorado state Rep. Jenny Willford is calling on congressional leadership to strike an amendment in a major federal transportation bill that could jeopardize new state-level safety protections around ride-hailing apps...
Read article →Emily Scolnick is a 2026 Dow Jones News Fund intern at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Legislation to establish a statewide paid family and medical leave program advanced in the state Senate after passing the cha...
Read article →Attorney General James Uthmeier is seeking damages from TikTok, claiming the tech giant is not complying with Florida’s 2024 social media ban for minors. Uthmeier filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok Monday, asking a ...
Read article →A pair of Adopt-A-Road signs sharing support for Palestinians have been removed following concerns from Oakland County officials and community members. On Sunday Morning, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter called o...
Read article →WASHINGTON — U.S. House Rep. Rudy Yakym is pursuing changes to the nation’s Amber Alert notification system after a 17-year-old girl from his home state of Indiana went missing and was later found dead. The Republican...
Read article →The state this week announced its first round of federal rural health grant funding, which allocated $36 million to projects to help communities with one-time infrastructure improvements and improve technological gaps...
Read article →More than 500 people filled an Eau Claire event center Saturday evening to drink old fashioneds while connecting over a collective desire to prevent “oligarchs” and big tech companies from constructing AI data centers...
Read article →Frederick has more planned hyperscale data centers than any other county in Maryland, scheduled to come online in as little as three years, prompting pushback amid local concerns that the area will soon resemble “data...
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...
Read article →With many students and educators already using widely available artificial intelligence tools, state lawmakers and school districts are playing catch-up on AI policies. In Maryland, for example, AI usage policies for ...
Read article →Community members expressed cautious optimism over the newest effort to revitalize the aging State Center Complex in Baltimore, a decades-old development challenge that has been a point of “frustration” and “opportuni...
Read article →DETROIT – Motor City Pride’s annual parade, hosted in downtown Detroit on Sunday, was a colorful celebration of the city and state’s LGBTQ+ community “We’re really pleased that we’re able to provide this safe space fo...
Read article →When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Investigators say she was found in a dog crate after having suffered years of abuse and starvation while living in Charlotte. Dominique’s...
Read article →This year, Missouri joins Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida in use of an A-F public school and district grading framework. In this accountability system,...
Read article →A state audit shows Baltimore City Community College awarded $264,000 in financial aid to 145 potentially fictitious or “ghost students.”
Read article →The local actions come as state lawmakers also are looking to limit or repeal the incentives for the centers, which are sprawling campuses of computer servers that store and transmit the data behind apps and websites.
Read article →The majority of Maryland's 24 sheriffs filed suit in federal court Tuesday to block the Community Trust Act, which their suit said would hamper their obligation to work with federal authorities to combat illegal immig...
Read article →A two-term city councilman and a state lawmaker who serves as the Nevada Democratic Party chair are among the candidates seeking to be elected the next mayor of North Las Vegas. Five candidates are running...
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