Jefferson County and Helena officials are talking about raising the speed limit on Morgan Road between Helena and Bessemer to 55. The JeffCo Commission votes Thursday. Read more.
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The cuts to labor, health care and education proposed in a U.S. House Republican bill this week are previews of what would happen to federal agencies under a second Trump term, a key House Democrat said Tuesday. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, told reporters Tuesday that the […]
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A residential caregiver fired for allegedly making sexual comments and touching a resident’s genitals is not entitled to jobless benefits, an Iowa judge has ruled. According to state records, Mandi Mahedy worked for six weeks as a full-time treatment specialist at Community & Family Resources in Des Moines, from March of this year through May […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The first details of a potential, and possibly massive, climate agreement between the U.S. and China were announced at a climate summit at the White House on Tuesday. The initiative could significantly reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent and largely overlooked greenhouse gas that also harms the ozone layer. Targeting this N2O pollution […]
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a Tuesday call with reporters committed to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential candidate. “I would be willing to do more than one debate,” Trump said. Harris, who says she is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, won pledges from enough Democratic delegates by late […]
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The Des Moines City Council is considering an ordinance to fine people for sleeping outside, which some advocates say would “criminalize homelessness.” Under the wording of the proposed ordinance, homeless people, sunbathers, babies in strollers or anyone else caught sleeping on public property could be fined $50, critics say. Pete McRoberts, American Civil Liberties Union […]
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat brought up as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, will be speaking Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration. Beshear was announced as the headline speaker for the annual IDP event in June, weeks before major changes came to the Democrats’ 2024 presidential […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health Psychology, the organization’s first outpatient behavioral therapy service, opened early this month. The practice is located within the organization’s existing Ithaca Mall location at 40 […]
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Cities like Rome are reeling from tornado damage. A lack of consistent data makes determining tornado trends difficult.
While many college students are home for the summer, some who cross state lines between home and school are struggling to navigate a complex mental health system.