President Joe Biden had a rough night at his first presidential debate of the year. Biden’s performance on Thursday was riddled with gaffes and stumbles. Turns out “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart thinks the debate was a disaster for Biden too. Jon Stewart has weighed in on Thursday’s presidential debate and he thinks it […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to create a task force focused on reparations for the city’s Black residents. As part of the executive order, the task force will conduct a study and examination of policies that impacted Black Chicago residents from the slavery era to present day, the mayor’s office said […]
Senate Republicans have defeated a bill that would have established a federal right to in vitro fertilization, a piece of legislation that Democrats forced to the floor on Thursday as part of an election-year effort to contrast their approach to reproductive rights with that of the party across the aisle. The bill, the Right to […]
Jun. 7—CLOQUET — The city is establishing a housing trust that will allow the city to use state funding to provide affordable housing in the face of a county-wide housing shortage. The Cloquet City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, June 4, to pass an ordinance establishing the Cloquet Housing Trust Fund. It will allow the city […]
STORY: :: The U.S. anchors a temporary floating pier in Gaza to help boost aid deliveries :: May 16, 2024 :: Sabrina Singh, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary “The establishment of the Trident Pier has been coordinated to support USAID’s and the UN’s effort to deliver and distribute aid. In the coming days, aid will be […]
(Corrects to ‘World Central Kitchen’, from ‘Work Central Kitchen’, in paragraph 5) (Reuters) -The United States anchored a temporary floating pier to a beach in Gaza on Thursday to boost aid deliveries. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the plan for the pier in March as aid officials implored Israel to improve access for relief supplies […]
Mar. 26—The state Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism has established a Military and Community Relations Office, which will focus on effective collaboration and transparency among Hawaii, county governments, the community and the U.S. Department of Defense. The state Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism has established a Military and Community Relations Office, […]
Some graduating high school students who fail to score high enough on standardized tests can take advantage of a new appeals process policy. The policy was proposed in June, but originally the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education opposed the process. The committee heard comments from several BESE members and Louisiana Education Superintendent Cade […]