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Add Crescent Point Energy to the mix of Calgary-based businesses about to get a different corporate handle: Veren Inc.

Dick Barrett, Joe McKelvey, Liam Mellows and Rory O’Connor were shot the next day, Dec. 8, 1922, at 8 a.m., explicitly as a reprisal for Sean Hales’s death, and as a warning. 

By September 1922 the Irish civil war had raged for nearly three months in a summer that saw the deaths of some of the Irish Revolution’s most prominent l...

Brigadier Seamus Devins, my mother's cousin, was among "Noble Six," as they've become to be known, who were killed by Free State forces in Co Sligo in 1922.

More than 60 businesses across Pennsylvania signed a letter to legislative leaders, calling on them to focus on improving the economic climate and abandon efforts making it harder for people to vote. The letter calls attention to the states no-excuse mail voting law passed in 2019. It has faced legal challenges after a Commonwealth Court judge sided earlier this year with some Republican lawmakers, who believe it violates the state Constitution. ...

The Connecticut General Assembly has passed a $24 billion state budget this week, which now awaits Gov. Ned Lamonts signature. It includes multiple investments to benefit the states senior population, including funding to lower the copay for people in the states Home Care Program for Elders, from 4.5% to 3%. ...

(KNSI) - Members of Minnesota's frontline worker community are expressing their gratitude to lawmakers and the...

Asian American leaders in Minnesota say some community members still are struggling to recover from economic slides during the pandemic. Theyre hoping the state will lend a helping hand and make these populations feel less invisible. How to use the states historic budget surplus has been key in this years legislative session. ...

As the Missouri Senate considers a proposal for economic-relief payments passed by the House, advocates for working families urge lawmakers to make sure all Missourians are included. The bill before the Legislature would provide a tax rebate of up to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for married couples filing jointly, based on the income tax they owe. Traci Gleason, vice president for external relations with the Missouri Budget Project, pointed out a third of Show Me State residents earn so l...

Minnesotas frontline workers are getting a "thank you" from the state in the form of pandemic bonus checks. Within the next month, those eligible will be able to apply for the one-time payments. On Monday, Gov. ...