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Paramount Global has announced plans to shed about 3 percent of its 24,500 employees

Hang On, Folks. It’s Going To Be A Bumpy And Unpleasant Ride. by Miles Mogulescu Although between 125 million and 150 million voters will probably cast ballots…

"All of these are choices that funders make, and they could choose differently if they wanted to.”

“There are haves and have-nots in the nonprofit journalism space. And this isnt right.”

"The story is less at [the U.S. Department of Justice] than with sheriffs and prosecutors at the local level, mostly the county level." But how do you tell that story when local news is in decline?

By Anya Petrone Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration When Vivian Montano was in jail, her favorite day of the week was Tuesday. That was the day she, along with a small group of other women, would be transported nearly 90 miles to the Olive Tree Creative Arts and Community Center for a day of behavioral health programming. The Olive Tree “kept me going,” Montano said....

In a functioning democracy, high-quality local journalism is essential to ensuring that community leaders are working in the public's best interest. But local news is in crisis.

For MLK Day, a look at how the industry is adjusted to three of the “evils” the Baptist preacher and civil rights advocate cautioned against.

Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Minnesota residents are reminded to seek out service opportunities to make their communities a better place to live. MLK Day is the only federal holiday recognized as a day of service. ...

At the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve, Illinoisans will see more than 300 new laws take effect - with changes that impact the states healthcare, public safety and employment sectors. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act will require most employers to provide their workers with at least 40 hours of annual paid leave. And minimum wages will increase from $13 to $14 per hour. ...