Demonstrators sought its removal amid nationwide protests against racial injustice following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota in May. City and county officials went back and forth over legal authority to take it down. Madison County Commissioner JesHenry Malone, in a statement, said the county finally took action after a state commission created […]
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Trump To Veto Defense Bill Due To Confederate Provisions
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto annual defense policy legislation in part because it includes a provision that would direct the Pentagon to rename military bases currently named after Confederate leaders. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a statement hours before a House vote on the massive defense policy bill expressing […]
This school staged a ‘Color Wars’ pep rally… You won’t believe what happens next!
“Color Wars” was always supposed to be a way to promote school spirit and good-natured competition between classes at Polson High School in Montana. On its surface, the concept is simple: Each class gets assigned a color — black for seniors, white for juniors, blue for sophomores, green for freshmen — and the class with the most […]