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Juneteenth National Independence Day on June 19, 2025, is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...
Juneteenth is a federal holiday, but the city of Sacramento still does not officially recognize it as a paid day off for city employees. Last year, City Council members Rick Jennings and Caity ...
The decision comes as the Trump administration has threatened to withhold medical research grants from organizations with DEI ...
Rick Rehm’s bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday is headed ... Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing the day as a federal holiday. And Gov. Kay Ivey has declared it a state holiday ...
The news came two months after the end of the Civil War. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. If signed into law, state offices will close on June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday ...
Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Thursday making Juneteenth a state holiday in Alabama. HB 165, sponsored by Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, closes state government offices on June 19 for the holiday ...