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Mar 17 2024
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Initial phases of Liberty State Park redesign would cost at least $450 million as more details are revealed
The first two phases of the Liberty State Park revitalization plan will cost at least $450 million, and work is continuing to determine what the final phase of the proposal for the Hudson River waterfront state park will encompass. The price tag for roughly half of the project was revealed during the park’s Design Task Force meeting earlier this month, where the state Department of
nj.comMar 15 2024
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Civil rights groups push back against wave of anti-DEI bills
This year has seen a new wave of legislation targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. Despite vocal opposition from faculty members and racial justice groups, Indiana’s Republican governor signed legislation Wednesday diminishing diversity, equity and inclusion programs and tenure protections in public colleges and universities while simultaneously promoting, as the new
Inside Higher EdMar 17 2024
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Ohio Civil War and WWI & II Show returns to Richland County May 4-5
MANSFIELD — Experience living history encampments at the largest Historical event in the U.S. presenting our history from 1775 through 1945. All right here in Mansfield, Ohio. So much to see and enjoy. The 46th Annual Ohio Civil War And WWI & II Show will be held at the Richland County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, May 4th – May 5th, 2024. Show times are Saturday, 9-5 and Sunday, 9-3
Richland SourceMar 14 2024
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Amy Coney Barrett and Sonya Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility
WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court's approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor, ideological opposites, said the need for civil debate has never been greater than it is in these polarized times. And they said the
The Times-PicayuneMar 04 2024
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Car stolen from Fort Liberty 30+ years ago recovered in Virginia lake
BRACEY, Va. (WNCN) — A car reported stolen out of Fort Liberty was recovered more than 30 years later from Lake Gaston in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. On Monday morning, divers with the Virginia State Police Search and Rescue team recovered a stolen vehicle from Lake Gaston. Virginia State Police said the vehicle was found near the Steel Bridge Boat Landing, which is just off U.S. 1 in
CBS 17Feb 29 2024
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Police officer and civil servant killed in shooting in Missouri
An Independence Police officer and a Jackson County civil process server were killed Thursday afternoon during a shooting in Independence, Missouri, sources tell KSHB 41. At least one other officer was injured. The shooting occurred at a home in the area of N. Elsea Smith Road and Bundschu Road. The civil processor went to the residence and called law enforcement for backup; the Independence
Scripps NewsMar 19 2024
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Shreveport re-examines death of Civil Rights champion Ann Brewster, celebrates her life
Shreveport City Councilwoman Tabitha Taylor first heard about Shreveport’s Civil Rights champion, Annie ‘Ann’ Brewster, in college while taking Professor Willie Burton’s history class at SUSLA. “Probably, one of the most outspoken of the black women involved in the local Civil Rights struggles was Ann Brewster,” Burton wrote in his book, "The Blacker the Berry, A Black History of Shreveport."
Shreveport TimesMar 18 2024
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AG Civil Rights Unit Investigating Portsmouth Assault on Black Man, Ex-Cop Arrested
PORTSMOUTH – Former Portsmouth police officer Aaron Goodwin has been arrested in what the victim called a racist attack as he was leaving a Portsmouth diner four months ago. Arrest warrants for simple assault and disorderly conduct were also issued for Kevin Goodwin and Shannon Goodwin, both of Dundalk, Md. in the alleged assault on Mamadou Dembele, a Black man who is a vice president of
In Depth NHMar 15 2024
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Family of teen killed in crash involving Harrisburg Police officer files civil lawsuit
The lawsuit names Officer Brendan Kovach, the police department, the city, and the driver of the vehicle Marion T. Holmes was riding in as defendants. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video HARRISBURG, Pa. — The parents of a teen who died in a crash involving a Harrisburg Police officer last year filed a lawsuit against the police
FOX 43 WPMTFeb 27 2024
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Sotomayor, Barrett encourage civility in front of nation’s governors
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett jointly encouraged the nation’s governors on Friday to emulate the Supreme Court’s collegiality, despite the divisive political climate.
“I think you can do so much, honestly, by being seen in public with people who otherwise politically disagree with you, to have Republicans and Democrats together, friendships
The Hill