Mostly Quiet Thursday, Holiday Weekend Still Looks Good!

Meteorologist Mathieu Mondro has your First Warn 5 Forecast. Good Thursday afternoon Mid-Michigan! Quieter weather will continue around the area for the remainder of today, and your ...

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Scott County, Va. supervisors vote against giving teachers previously promised pay increase

SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The Scott County Board of Supervisors voted to not provide teachers with a raise after county educators demonstrated and spoke in a public meeting. The Board of Supervisors met Wednesday morning in Gate City to discuss ...

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In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action

During the call, Keith McCoy, a senior director of federal relations for Exxon Mobil, described how the oil and gas giant targeted a number of influential United States senators in an effort to weaken climate action in President Biden's flagship infrastructure plan.

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Business Groups Across Missouri Ask Supreme Court To OK Medicaid Expansion

A slew of business groups are speaking out in favor of a critical court case aimed at reviving a voter-approved ballot item expanding Medicaid. Earlier this year, three women sued to sign up for Medicaid after the legislature refused to fund expansion and Gov.

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Trump visits the border and falsely claims he was months from completing a wall.

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and former President Donald J. Trump denounced the Biden administration during a visit to the border on Wednesday, reiterating one of Republicans' most frequent lines of attack. In what was effectively a news conference, Mr.

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Columbus blood supply considered critically low, Red Cross asking for donations

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–A critical shortage of blood is leaving Ohio's hospitals and EMS workers desperate for donations according to the Red Cross. “We're seeing an increase in demand, and we want to be able to keep up with that same levels of our ...

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Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88

Donald H. Rumsfeld, whose roles overseeing the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and efforts to transform the U.S. military made him one of history's most consequential as well as controversial Pentagon leaders, died June 29 at his home in Taos, N.M. ...

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