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White letters reading “National TPS Alliance On Hunger Strike For #ResidencyNow #TPSJustice” cover bright blue banners and T-shirts, and foldable chairs and tents sprinkle the ground outside Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. — the scene is set for a movement determined to create change. Local immigrants and Harrisonburg residents are heading to Washington, D.C., later this month to take part in a hunger strike in hopes that it’ll lead to immigration reform and protection for...

Andrea Palm was appointed in January to deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — making her Biden’s No. 2 health official.

Virtually all of the Wisconsin lawmakers who responded to a Wisconsin State Journal inquiry said they have or plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine — although the few who say they won’t and the majority of those who didn’t respond are Republicans. The State Journal this week asked each member of the Wisconsin Legislature and the state’s congressional delegation if they had received the COVID-19 vaccine or if they planned to do so. Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said...

HELENA, Mont. - An act that aimed to revise election procedures on Native American reservations failed to pass the third reading in the house. HB 613, Native American Rights Act, failed by a vote of 48 to 51 a release from Western Native Voice says. Keaton Sunchild, Western Native Voice Political Director gave the following statement regarding the bill failing to pass: “The Governor’s office and House Republicans had a chance to work alongside us in a bipartisan fashion to create fair...

Where do we go next? What do we do now? Those are the questions I found myself asking after I spoke to a panel of gun violence reduction activists this week. It was two nights after the murders in Boulder, a week after the rampage in Atlanta, and hours after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee played out a drama so reliably scripted that it felt like even the players involved knew they were playing a role. Even over Zoom, in the early hours of the evening, the frustration among my fellow paneli...

ATLANTA — In the late hours of the last day of the Georgia legislative session, House lawmakers tacked on a provision to an otherwise standard bill to begin taxing jet

INDIANAPOLIS (March 31, 2021) — Hoosiers ages 16 and older are now eligible to sign up for a free COVID-19 vaccine, the Indiana Department of Health announced today. The expansion makes more than 1.3 million additional individuals eligible for vaccine. “With this expansion in age group, more than 5.4 million Hoosiers are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine,” said State Health Commissioner Kris Box, M.D., FACOG. “I encourage everyone who is eligible to sign up for an a...

Less than two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request late Wednesday and ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities with recovery from devastating winter storms. “This declaration will make sure Kentuckians and our communities have the necessary resources to rebuild after the devastating ice storm that hit in February,” Gov. Beshear said. “Thank you to President Bide...

STOCKBRIDGE — The Stockbridge City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing election reforms approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week. Councilman Elton Alexander proposed the resolution at the council’s Tuesday, March 30 work session, saying that Stockbridge should condemn efforts to limit voting. “We don’t have control over the state … but we do have a voice to be able to speak,” said Alexander. “Such as when somebody...

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