Maryland’s coastal communities need help now
Sunny-day flooding in Somerset County. Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy. As a child, I spent many summers on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland making many of my earliest memories;…
The top 5 issues Utahns read about on Utah News Dispatch in 2024
People arrive to vote at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)…
Late President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol next week
President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn frequented Atlanta Braves games for many years. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Funeral services of former President Jimmy Carter will span…
Alabama ethics bill cited in report on attempts to reduce ethics commission powers
The dome of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, as seen on January 24, 2023. A report from the Campaign Legal Center said Alabama was one of nine that…
New Jersey’s jobless rate barely budged throughout 2024
New Jersey ended 2024 tied for the seventh-worst unemployment rate in the country. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) New Jersey’s unemployment rate remained stubbornly high throughout the year, ending 2024…
On this day in 1970
Dec. 31, 1970 Black family arriving in Chicago in 1920 Credit: The New York Public Library photograph Between 1916 and 1970, more than 6 million Black Americans moved from the…
Late President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol next week
A portrait of former President Jimmy Carter hangs in the Georgia Capitol. Carter, a governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, died Sunday. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) WASHINGTON — Funeral services…
Omar, Walz and bittersweet goodbyes: 2024 year in review
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar recorded an interview with the founders of Outta Wax, a vinyl record pressing plant in south Minneapolis, on April 24, 2024. The recording was later captured…
‘Whole health’ focus of new Northwest Arkansas medical school
Rendering of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. (Courtesy photo) This story is the second in a three-part series about new higher education institutions in Arkansas that are welcoming…
Late President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol next week
A portrait of former President Jimmy Carter hangs in the Georgia Capitol. Carter, a governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, died Sunday. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) WASHINGTON — Funeral services…