Ballot propositions for California’s November 2024 election were numbered late Wednesday, giving voters a look at the ten measures they’ll decide on this fall. They include $20 billion in proposed bonds for climate and schools, a proposal to reform sentencing for drug crimes and retail theft, and measures to close a loophole for involuntary servitude […]
Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify We launched Curious Minnesota five years ago with a simple premise: Tell us what you want to read about. Since then, the project has become a true collaboration between Minnesota’s largest newsroom and curious readers who have submitted thousands of questions about the state. We […]
Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan, is putting new regulations in place for climbers amid concerns about overcrowding. Human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals – are among the issues plaguing the popular Japanese site. To ease congestion […]
Oreo already introduced three new flavors at the start of the new year, but the brand wasn’t done dropping cookies. On Feb. 27, the sandwich cookie company introduced two more additions to its cavalcade of crunchy confections: Dirt Cake and Tiramisu Thins. Dirt Cake, a nostalgic favorite, is being added to the portfolio for a […]
Oreo already introduced three new flavors at the start of the new year, but the brand wasn’t done dropping cookies. On Feb. 27, the sandwich cookie company introduced two more additions to its cavalcade of crunchy confections: Dirt Cake and Tiramisu Thins. Dirt Cake, a nostalgic favorite, is being added to the portfolio for a […]
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is introducing a resolution supporting IVF in the wake of the Alabama ruling. Business Insider obtained a copy of the resolution, which doesn’t actually protect the procedure. Mace once cosponsored the Life at Conception Act, which potentially threatens IVF. Rep. Nancy Mace is set to introduce a resolution this week expressing […]
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday will detail a package of 14 reparations bills they are introducing to right historic wrongs carried out against the Black community. The bills are meant to be the first step in a multi-year effort. Among several issues, they would compensate people whose […]
As she was named Kansas City’s first poet laureate on Thursday, Melissa Ferrer Civil explained how, as a Black woman, poetry transformed her life. “Poetry helped me to find my voice and my agency,” Ferrer Civil told a gathering at City Hall. “To be accountable, to be responsible, to be me and to be free.” […]