Maricruz Dominguez, left, and Maria Dominguez visit a memorial marking the spot where 31-year-old police officer Bianca Quintana, their sister and daughter, respectively, was hit and killed by a car…
Sept. 1, 1975 School teacher Marva Collins took $5,000 from her retirement fund and opened the low-cost Westside Preparatory School on the second floor of her home in Chicago. She…
A still-frame image from the new documentary “Far Out: Life On & After the Commune” pictures revelers dancing around a maypole in Guilford on May 1, 1969. Courtesy Charles Light…
Mariners Hospital in the Florida Keys was evacuated to prepare for Hurricane Irma in September 2017. Experts say cities and counties are assuming a greater role in the state’s response…
Whether the state should regulate or ban alcohol was a major political issue in Vermont starting in the early 1800s. Photo by Mark Bushnell This is an updated version of…
It should not be a surprise that the entire Mississippi Election Commission, made up of Gov. Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Secretary of State Michael Watson, have joined…
Montana State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights for discrimination. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan) I spent three years working at MSU’s VOICE…
I think the heat-drunk garter snake living in our mailbox is an omen. As I lower the dented cover and reach gingerly inside to get our mail, I wonder if…
People talk about generational change, but change on a scale to earn that description is rare. Now that the Democratic presidential nomination has shifted from President Joe Biden to Vice…
Government requirements and culture can make upgrading aging computer systems difficult, experts say. (Getty Images) Idaho’s state government was facing a problem. In 2018, its 86 state agencies were operating…