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CAITLYN M. MAY When Oregon was admitted to the Union, its constitution prohibited people of color from living within its borders. “No free negro or mulatto not residing in this state at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall ever come, reside or be within this state,” it reads. Those who violated the exclusion clause faced lashings. “I like to look at history and learn from history because it has a way of explaining a lot,” said Jason Dorsette, the p...

He wouldn’t stay there long. Less than a year later, after the Senate DFL failed to reclaim a majority in the November election, Bakk jumped ship and announced he formed his own independent caucus with fellow Iron Ranger state Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm. The abrupt move was billed as an effort to effectively advocate for their constituents, particularly since Bakk and Tomassoni were not padding GOP Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka’s narrow 34-33 majority out of charity. In ...

Constituents of Norman’s three state House representatives should be on the look out for three bills in particular over the course of the 2021 legislative session.

Napiers Bessie Spencer - the remarkable "forward thinking proto-feminist" who founded our Womens Institutes 13 Feb, 2021 09:08 PM 4 minutes to read A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St. A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd an...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a current

The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday relaunching a White House office aimed at fostering cooperation between the federal government and faith-based and secular community organizations.

The case to keep the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction has been made again and again — usually on the premise that senior staff at the agency

(The Center Square) – We’re only a few weeks into the new Biden-Harris administration and the debate over a much higher minimum wage is already here.

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