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The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed racial discrimination in housing. However, cities and counties throughout Virginia "are more racially segregated today than they were 50 years ago," the report

WOLFEBORO — Politics, as they say, can make for strange bedfellows, but in the case of state Sen. Jeb and Karen Bradley of Wolfeboro, politics is what brought them together.

Feb. 13, 1890: Readers of The Comet learned about railway plans. “As mentioned last week in the Comet the board met on Thursday to consider a proposition made by Col. W.P. Dunavant and Capt. Sam Tate Jr., asking for the franchise to build a street railroad in Johnson City. After discussing the proposition at length the committee was continued and Gen. Wilder agreed to pay the expenses of sending the committee to Chatta-nooga to investigate the matter thoroughly before the franchise is gran...

On a recent Saturday morning, Peggy Hoon got behind the wheel of her 2011 Toyota RAV4 and made the 300-mile round trip to Charlotte from her Raleigh home.

Montana U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines recently received new key committee assignments.

The new rule for leader term limits is, therefore, big. And, yes, a chamber’s rules can be fairly easily changed, but it’s a start and a constitutional change couldn’t take

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, did not get his wish to be assigned to the seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee held for many years by his predecessor, former U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Gary. But Mrvan is confident hell still be able to make a difference for Northwest Indiana, and the nation, as a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee during the 117th Congress. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity on these commit...

Two legislative proposals dealing with nuclear power’s future in Montana gained steam this week as they passed out of legislative committees.

Environmental advocates are lining up against a state bill that would repeal a 2003 law protecting Indianas isolated wetlands. Proponents of the bill say it would stop excessive regulation and

Rows of tents clog a six-lane highway outside the Indian capital of New Delhi where thousands of farmers are protesting against new farm laws.