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Reservations

Montana lawmaker wants to revisit idea of reservations – Associated Press

Photo: Montana state Rep. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, speaks on the House floor A white state lawmaker in Montana is questioning whether land set aside long ago for Native Americans should exist anymore. Republican Sen. Keith Regier is proposing asking Congress to study alternatives to reservations. The measure, submitted this week and riddled with racial stereotypes,

Opinion

Opinion: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us – Gregory Hood

[Disclaimer: The views expressed in opinion pieces on the PrescotteNews website are solely those of the authors. These opinions do not necessarily represent those of the staff of PrescotteNews or its publisher.] The military can’t meet recruitment targets. NBC reports that the Army is well below 50 percent of its annual target, with just three

Mental Health

With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health

One of his 12-year-old students felt her world was falling apart. Distance learning had upended her friendships. Things with her boyfriend were verging on violent. Her home life was stressful. “I’m just done with it,” the girl told Luna-Herrera during the pandemic, and shared a detailed plan to kill herself. Another student was typically a

Legal Beat

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel resigns after leadership questioned – Cronkite News

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel is resigning after multiple calls for her removal by prosecutors and elected officials who questioned her leadership over a host of issues, including her sobriety, her absences from official duties and recent revelations that her office failed to file dozens of misdemeanor criminal charges in a timely fashion. “Today, I announce my