NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session this month. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to change the name […]
The House passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday evening to rename the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse in honor of a Latino family who paved the way for school desegregation. The bill seeks to designate the courthouse located at 350 W. First Street in Los Angeles as the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse. The Mendez family helped change the […]
The names of Confederate military leaders will be restored to two public schools following a school board vote in Shenandoah County, Virginia. By a 5-1 vote, the school board reversed a 2020 decision to change the names of schools, which will once again honor traitorous generals who fought for slavery: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee […]
Major changes are coming to one of the four founding colleges at Texas Tech University. At its regularly scheduled meeting, the TTU System Board of Regents authorized changing the name of the College of Human Sciences to the College of Health & Human Sciences. Founded as the College of Home Economics in 1925, Texas Tech […]
Rep. Cory Mills’ (FL-07) legislation to rename the main post office at 109 Live Oaks Boulevard in Casselberry, Florida, in honor of Colonel Joseph Kittinger, a former Command Pilot in the U.S. Air Force and Altamonte Springs resident, has passed out of the House Oversight Committee and can now be brought to the House Floor. […]
WASHINGTON — Three Democratic congressmen unveiled legislation Friday to rename a federal prison in Miami after former President Donald Trump. The bill — offered by Reps. Gerry Connolly, of Virginia; Jared Moskowitz, of Florida; and John Garamendi, of California — comes in response to a measure introduced by a group of House Republicans to rename […]
WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans has introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after former President Donald Trump. The bill, filed Friday, is sponsored by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., the chief deputy majority whip, and is co-sponsored by six other Republicans: Reps. Michael Waltz, of Florida; Andrew Ogles, of Tennessee; […]
Mar. 14—Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, March 14: Fans rename classic Kennywood ride Fans of Kennywood Park have spoken: The amusement park’s updated, Potato Patch-themed bumper car ride will be known as “Potato Smash.” Officials at the West Mifflin park announced the name received half of the nearly […]
By the time Cecil Williams turned 14, he was already photographing the civil rights movement in South Carolina. As a teenager in the 1950s he followed and documented Briggs v. Elliott, the South Carolina case that challenged segregation in public education. Briggs was eventually appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where it became one of […]
A proposal to rename Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been paused for further talks after a public backlash over plans to rebrand it as SuperValu Páirc. At a behind-closed-doors meeting of the county board on Tuesday night, delegates told the Cork GAA executive that a compromise must be reached to retain the Páirc Uí Chaoimh name […]
The Rochester City School District will rename elementary schools named after city co-founder Charles Carroll, a slaveowner, and former school board president Louis Cerulli, the most prominent local opponent of school integration during the Civil Rights era. The school board is holding a hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday to discuss names for seven schools in […]
A proposed bill seeks to rename a portion of Interstate 75 after fallen Charlotte County Deputy Christopher Taylor, killed last year by a convicted drunk driver. A proposed bill seeks to rename a portion of Interstate 75 after a fallen Charlotte County deputy, killed while on the job last year by a convicted drunken driver. […]