Written By Lexx Thornton On October 7, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an $81 billion budget that includes a new 24% wholesale tax on cannabis to fund her ambitious road improvement plan. This tax, levied on transfers between cannabis businesses, takes effect on January 1, 2026, and is projected to raise approximately $420.7 million annually.
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By Markita C. Rowe Longtime activist, scholar, and author Angela Y. Davis will speak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this Wednesday, Oct. 15, as part of the university’s Lyceum Series and its Art & Activism 2025 initiative. The event is being hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and
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Written By Lexx Thornton A recent report reveals a major shift in post-high school planning: a growing majority of American parents are actively supporting their teenagers in exploring options beyond the traditional four-year college track. According to a study released by the American Student Assistance (ASA), which surveyed over 3,000 middle and high school students,
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BY Sam Metz and Jalal Bwaitel Cheers erupted among Palestinians on Monday as Israel released nearly 2,000 prisoners under a Gaza ceasefire agreement that saw them exchanged for Israeli hostages freed by Hamas. Large crowds greeted the freed prisoners in Beitunia in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in Khan Younis in Gaza, flashing V-for-victory signs as they descended
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The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced a $50 million donation to Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) recently. The funds are designed to help students who are near graduation but have exhausted all other financial aid. The “gap scholarships” aim to ensure that financial hardship does not prevent students from completing their degrees.“These
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By Lawrence Hurley The way Louisiana’s Republican leaders put it, the pervasive racial discrimination in elections that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is all in the past. That is why they are now urging the Supreme Court, in a case being argued on Wednesday, to bar states from using any consideration
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By Colin Binkley A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement to after-school programs. The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Salisbury campus is becoming one of only two historically Black colleges and universities in the country to receive the 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The award honors institutions that demonstrate a deep commitment to innovative mental wellness support in higher education. At
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Written By Lexx Thornton As technology and artificial intelligence are continuous and evolving factors in our world, with emerging AI tools, the LeMoyne-Owen College Department of Information Technology engaged the college and the city in exploring tech solutions and conversations at the Next in Tech: Cybersecurity and AI Conference. The conference welcomed nearly 150 attendees
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) has awarded $7.5 million in grants to eight organizations supporting local education and workforce innovation, furthering efforts to help Texas students thrive in school, in a career, and in life. The following organizations received grant awards: Aspire to Learn, AT LAST!, Café Momentum, The Commit
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