American Job Center in New Haven celebrates new offices
A federally funded job services agency celebrated the grand opening Wednesday of new offices in New Haven that leaders say will increase access for individuals both new and returning to…
Judge tosses out voter intimidation lawsuit against Colorado election deniers
A view of the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse in downtown Denver on May 30, 2023. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline) A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit against three…
Reality rudely follows Biden to Las Vegas
Are we having fun yet? (Biden addressing he NAACP National Convention at Mandalay Bay Tuesday. Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary People come to Las Vegas for…
University of Kentucky will not build hospital in southeast Lexington, state lawmakers hear
UK Chandler Hospital is located on the university’s campus. Instead of building another hospital in the Hamburg area, it will develop specialty clinics, a UK official told lawmakers. (UK photo)…
Charlotte-area Habitat for Humanity affiliates plan Oct. 1 merger
Getty Images/Dan Reynolds Photography Big changes are on the horizon for two Charlotte-area Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region and Habitat Gaston County announced this…
Abortion, minimum wage campaigns remain on track for fall ballot, early reports indicate
Petitioners with Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages unload dozens of boxes of signatures to deliver to the Secretary of State Wednesday afternoon (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Citizen-led ballot measures…
Dental therapists, who can fill cavities and check teeth, get the OK in more states
During a game of Red Rover when she was 16 years old, Rochelle “Roz” Siuvuq Ferry lost a front tooth. Ferry, who is Inupiaq, remembers having to get on a…
The Download: Report says visa caps, red tape stifling immigrant entrepreneurship
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Report says visa caps, red tape stifling immigrant entrepreneurship
WHILE THE OPENING days of the Republican National Convention featured lots of anti-immigrant red meat, and heard Wednesday night from GOP vice presidential pick – and Yale Law School grad…
Consolidation has changed everything about Brattleboro’s banking landscape — except for one bank
The Brattleboro Savings & Loan headquarters on Main Street. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — The three-block stretch of Main Street between Walnut and Elliot streets has four banks, but…