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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE)) Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona). The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

From Taylor Swift tickets to social media bans, here are new 2025 state laws

By Clay Masters Across the country, the new year will usher in thousands of new state laws. At least 20 states increase statewide minimum wage starting Jan. 1 — the highest in Washington state at $16.66 an hour, followed by California at $16.50. Kentucky becomes the latest state to legalize medical marijuana and several states, including Delaware, tighten gun control.

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Historic HBCU sit-in site designated as National Historic Landmark

Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University The National Park Service has designated the F.W. Woolworth Co. Building, where the four teenage HBCU freshmen from the North Carolina A&T State University staged a sit-in that buoyed the Civil Rights Movement, a National Historic Landmark. On Feb. 1, 1960, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), Joseph McNeil,

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NCCU establishes School of Law Commission

Courtesy of North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon announced the formation of a 13-member commission that will outline the future of the NCCU School of Law. Raymond C. Pierce, J.D., former dean of the NCCU School of Law, will chair the commission. Pierce currently serves as president and CEO

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Bloomberg Businessweek Ranks Morgan State University Graves School of Business 60th Nationwide

Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management (Graves School) has earned a spot among the nation’s top business schools, ranking 60th overall in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2024-2025 Best B-Schools list. This marks the school’s first appearance in the rankings and makes Morgan the only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to earn

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Biden to honor Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson with top civilian award

By Tamara Keith President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Presidential Citizens Medal honors Americans who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country

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Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black educational institution in North Carolina, has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to integrate basic Python programming skills into

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Spelman College Student Receives the Inaugural Secoriea Turner Social Justice Scholarship

Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College student Blair Moore, C’2027, was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Secoriea Turner Social Justice Scholarship, named in honor of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner who was shot and killed during protests in 2020. Turner’s parents, their lawyers and the Black Woman’s Lab and Black Man’s Lab raised thousands to

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HBCU Band Faces Backlash Over Trump Inauguration Invitation

By Ashley Brown The Mississippi Valley State University marching band, the “Mean Green Marching Machine,” is being criticized for accepting an invitation to participate in the 60th Presidential Inauguration Parade for President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025. MVSU’s president, Dr. Jerryl Briggs, hailed the opportunity as a “once-in-a-lifetime experience” that would bring pride to

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