July 29, 2024
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Two new Democratic candidates — one backed by the longtime incumbent, the other fighting what he calls insider politics — will face off in a primary election on Aug. 13 to represent the 65th Assembly District.
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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here.Measles is on the rise in the United States. In the first quarter of this year, the number of cases was about 17 times what it was, on average, during the same period in each of the four years before, according to the Centers…
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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here.It’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the viru…
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Norma Jean Burns passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. She was born on July 17th, 1960, to Tom and Marilynn Burns in Ravenna, Ohio. She is survived by […] The post Obituary: Norma Jean Burns appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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More than six years after the Legislature first attempted to pass the law, abortion became illegal in Iowa, with narrow exceptions, on Monday.
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.In the books she read growing up, Nancy Jennings saw a lot of school buses cruising across the pages. She had always wan…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.This month marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Michigan case that some experts say turned b…
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Most of Alisha Washington-Hutton’s history students are familiar with Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1954 that ended state-sanctioned racial segregation in schools.But few of them know about another decision by t…
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McDowell Co. overdoses soar as addiction crisis, once seen as white problem, surges in West Marion Black community. Leaders seek solutions. Struggling with a shifting opioid crisis in Marion, NC is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning…
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Park Fire — the largest wildfire in California this year, and one of the largest fires in the state’s history — continues to rage, burning more than 360,000 acres. The conflagration began last week near Chico, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for Butte and Tehama counties. Evacuation orders or warnings…