October 4, 2024
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Mississippi voters can get a free Mississippi Voter Identification Card if they do not have an accepted form of photo identification, like a driver’s license, under the state’s voter ID law. To get a voter ID card, registered voters can visit the loca…
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This year’s switch to OMNY cards for New York City students set off a wave of excitement for hundreds of thousands of kids whose public transit options suddenly multiplied.Under the new system, kids get up to four free trips a day on cards that can be …
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The Mississippi John Hurt Foundation is holding its annual festival this weekend in honor of the blues singer that serves as its namesake, despite the fact that the Hurt museum mysteriously burned down in February this year, a day after it received na…
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Months after the Wisconsin Supreme Court legalized them, ballot drop boxes remain a source of deep division among public officials in communities across the battleground state. Wisconsin legalized ballot drop boxes, but some local officials are fighting them is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider…
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CAROLINE, N.Y. — Longtime Brooktondale resident Robert Whittaker, Jr. was sentenced to a year in county jail Thursday afternoon for hate crime charges stemming from his prolonged harassment of his […] The post Brooktondale man gets year in jail for hate crime against Black neighbor appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest rep…
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Michael Bell Sr. says Kenosha police killed his son and covered up the truth. A victims rights board had a different takeaway. A Wisconsin board says the real victim of police misconduct is … the government is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a…
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Before Oct. 7, 2023, the Middle East seemed relatively stable. The peace was broken by Hamas’ attack, Israel’s response and expanding regional violence. But the politics have not changed.
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What’s the point of a proposed NC constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot about noncitizen voting? Is it needed? Will it pass? What’s the deal with the NC ballot question about noncitizen voting? Frequently asked questions. is a story from …
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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here.Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized with Covid-19 had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant, according to new data released by the…