Providence — News of another family member shot dead broke while Corey Jones was describing to a reporter what led him, in April 2020, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to a friend's couch in Rhode Island and at one point a political adviser to the Governor. Dan McKeehis staff.In his new town, Jones spends his nights knocking on doors as a candidate for Providence City Council. He also had a harpoon in a recent tweet posted by a friend of his in the Black Lives Matter movement.It said, “We're coming for you political elite of Rhode Island!” (More on how he…
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Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations and current defender of President Donald Trump, says America's future may lie in school choice. He made this claim during speaking at the Republican National Convention, at which he also said it is “now fashionable” among the majority of Democrats to proclaim that the United States is a racist country. Recent report from the Milwaukee area, where a school voucher program has been around for years, it found that black students are the “most oversegregated in the nation”—a fact that clearly contradicts its goals Brown v. Board of Education. Using her own…
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveAn ongoing monster heat wave reaches its peak as more than 110 million Americans are at risk of dangerous heat indices on Wednesday. Record-breaking temperatures are expected to be concentrated in the Midwest and Gulf Coast on Wednesday and Thursday, before returning mainly to the South and into Texas on Friday and Saturday.Extreme heat warnings are in effect for areas of 19 states, including all of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Illinois. Areas under a heat warning can expect heat index values near and above 110 degrees, along with actual temperatures above 100.Heat…
Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and clean energy business representatives on Tuesday celebrated growth in Michigan's clean energy industry following the release of a new report by E2, otherwise known as Environmental Entrepreneurs. E2, a national nonpartisan group of business leaders and investors and others who advocate for policies that support the environment and business, released its eighth annual Clean Jobs Midwest report along with Evergreen Climate Innovations. “Our report tracks clean energy jobs in five clean energy sectors: energy efficiency, renewables, clean transportation, clean fuels, and grid and storage,” said Micaela Preskill, E2 Midwest Advocate. According to the report, Michigan…
The Midwest Gaming Classic returns to the Wisconsin Center this Friday through Sunday for a weekend of all the games. The event brings together over 10,000 players for an experience to share their passion, said organizer Dan Loosen. The event promises family fun and everything gaming related, from board games to the latest console games. Loosen and a group of others from previous years have hosted the event every year — except for one in 2005 — since 2001, with this year being the second at the Wisconsin Center. “You get to see all the aspects of the game that…
Listen to this article A series of bond-financed projects is helping the Midwest City in its ongoing efforts to further establish itself as a premier sports and recreation location. The city's new Multi-Athletic Complex recently completed its 10th tournament weekend since February. The complex features three turf fields with an interchangeable field design, allowing for switching between softball/baseball, soccer, football and flag football. Between tournament rentals and community league play, city officials say inquiries about its use have been overwhelming since it opened in April 2022. Three additional fields are under construction to meet this demand as part of Phase…
Some health care providers in the Midwest say they are seeing more respiratory illnesses in recent days possibly related to the wildfires in Canada. Air quality in the Midwest has dropped to alarming levels since Tuesday.In Iowa, providers at MercyOne clinics around Des Moines say more patients than usual are showing up with symptoms consistent with air pollution, including worsening asthma and COPD.In Madison, Wisconsin, a representative from SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital says its pulmonologist has seen an increase in patients with COPD and long-term lung disease experiencing respiratory irritation.A spokesman for Nebraska Medicine Clinics says providers have yet…
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Michigan is part of the U.S. Midwest, most authorities agree, possibly ending a major dispute that emerged from Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate in Detroit.Amid a debate on Twitter about what kinds of political promises “play well” in the Midwest, New York Times Washington deputy editor Jonathan Weisman sent out a tweet that many interpreted as claiming that neither Detroit nor Minneapolis are part of the Midwest.He later deleted the tweet after a war of words broke out on Twitter. Both US Census Bureau and National Geographic include Michigan in the Midwest on their maps showing the various geographic regions of…
(photo courtesy of Google Maps) New Albany-based Midwest Metal Works is expanding operations in southern Indiana, One Southern Indiana (1si) announced late Thursday. The steel maker and fabricator plans to invest nearly $1.4 million to add new machinery and boost training to increase production, adding 12 jobs in the process. Midwest Metal produces steel products for a variety of industries, including power plants, oil refineries and food manufacturers. 1si, the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for Clark and Floyd counties, says the new jobs will come with an average hourly wage of more than $42. The company currently…