Local Government

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Tennessee’s Republican Senate expelled two Black lawmakers for addressing gun violence

April 10, 2023

Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the...

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Brandon Johnson, a progressive, is Chicago’s new mayor

April 10, 2023

Brandon Johnson has been elected mayor of Chicago...

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Alvin Bragg has a tough fight ahead after a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump

April 3, 2023

I went to Chicagoâ€™s Auditorium Theatre many years...

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Former Memphis cops are kicked out of Omega Psi Phi for murder

March 6, 2023

Five former Memphis police officers who were involved...

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Chicago’s mayoral election is tomorrow

February 27, 2023

Voters in Chicago will go to the polls...

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Governor Ron De Santis to speak to Illinois cops

February 27, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will speak Monday in...

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Arrests made in Univesity of Idaho student murders

January 10, 2023

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, who was arrested for the...

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Bruce’s Beach was a place where Black people had fun and Whites were irked

January 10, 2023

It was a place where Black people could...