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Juneteenth

Government

Juneteenth will be state holiday under bill sent to Whitmer

Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network
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Juneteenth on Classiclectic

Kurt Hauswirth

June 19th, or "Juneteenth" marks the day that orders were read in Galveston, Texas in 1865, commemorating the proclamation that all enslaved persons in…
Government

Resolution commemorating end of slavery sparks race-related debate in state Senate

LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- A race-related debate is causing some tensions in the state Senate after an attempt to rewrite a resolution commemorating the end of…