This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole story.We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas added more […]
NEW ORLEANS — A Lafayette Parish sugar and cattle producer is this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman. Amanda Duhon, 33, received the award Thursday, June 27 at the Louisiana Farm Bureau’s 102nd annual convention. Duhon is a first-generation sugarcane farmer and a fourth-generation cattle producer, but she said that […]
The latest class of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police recruits graduated on Wednesday evening. The ceremony was held at the Community College of Allegheny County. Channel 11 spoke with this year’s class president. “Being one of the older recruits, I kinda took it upon myself to try and help everyone,” Officer Chris Bowles said. “It’s very […]
An organization focused on promoting tourism in the south and southwestern suburbs, Visit Chicago Southland, has named Mary Patchin as its new CEO and president to begin next month. Mary Patchin, who was promoted from vice president of sales and has worked for the organization for 25 years, will replace retiring CEO and President Jim […]
CAMBRIDGE − Two students from Guernsey County will each receive a $500 scholarship to help with expenses for their upcoming college year, thanks to the Guernsey County Farm Bureau. Aspen Jones and Avery Vasko from Cambridge were selected as the 2024 scholarship recipients. Aspen Jones Aspen is the daughter of Jeff and Mickey Jones. Her […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion, splitting with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court. The CFPB was created after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate mortgages, car loans […]
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology issued an official “La Niña watch” on May 14. It came after the tropical Pacific Ocean started showing signs indicative of a coming cooling pattern. The Bureau was quick to clarify that it is not declaring that a La Niña event is underway, but that there is a decent chance of […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been exonerated by a Department of Justice review that found investigators did not intend to target traditional Catholics as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The Justice Department Inspector General review noted, however, that analysts “incorrectly conflated” an investigative subject’s religious views with his alleged domestic terrorism activities. […]
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency […]
Two deceased people have been recovered in rural Texas County, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday night on its Facebook page. More: Four arrested, suspected of murder after Kansas women missing in Oklahoma’s Texas County The post said the remains will be taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine identification, and cause […]
In a battle to hold the U.S. Census Bureau accountable to accurately count Detroit’s population, with the mayor calling the bureau a “clown show,” the city is back with another lawsuit against the federal agency. The city claims the Census Bureau is underestimating Detroit’s population, which it says is 625,xxx, based on demolitions of abandoned […]