There's the usual food, music, and vendors in Clinton Square. But the festivities will also include a Miss Juneteenth Pageant, a parade, baseball game, and other events.
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The New York Senate and Assembly celebrated a belated Earth Day this week by acting on anti-climate change and environmental bills. But the two houses voted on different measures, and lawmakers could not predict if any of the legislation will become law in 2024.
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Five projects received funding under the O-CHIP program that will add nearly 450 housing units.
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Democrats were counting on the Equal Rights Amendment to help generate voter turnout this year.
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The visit by Tom Perez comes less than two weeks after his boss, President Biden. Perez is Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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The privately funded shelter also provides support services to help mothers and children that address everything from basic needs to mental health and addiction recovery.
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Environmental groups are hoping NYS lawmakers will act on a series of measures to combat climate change and clean up pollution.
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The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.
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Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
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Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his own life, growing up unhoused, Black and queer, and getting his start as a writer at the age of 40.
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More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.
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The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.