Lela Nargi

3 days ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Christine Sexton |Lela Nargi |Jaimie Etkin

Participants walk through the Broadway Townhouses in Camden, N.J., as part of a training program to help neighborhoods affected by violence. The Community-Based Public Safety Collective, which offered the training, is one of at least 554 organizations affected by the U.S. Department of Justice’s abrupt termination in April of at least 373 public safety grants.

3 days ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Christine Sexton |Lela Nargi |Jaimie Etkin

Then-U.S. Rep. Billy Long speaks during a press conference on Feb. 22, 2022, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Madeline Carter/Missouri Independent)WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senate tax writers voted Tuesday to move Missouri Republican former Congressman Billy Long one step closer to taking the reins at the Internal Revenue Service, despite protests from Democrats over his alleged involvement with a company that peddled fake tribal tax credits.

3 days ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Christine Sexton |Lela Nargi |Jaimie Etkin

podcast Posted Wednesday, June 4, 2025 12:53 pm This week, Mitch and Dawn discuss the latest sex scandal in our public schools, a ban on new businesses that include the retail sale of cats and dogs, and other local stories TBT is covering. Interesting News Knowable Magazine reports that as birds’ traditional resting and nesting spots become inhospitable by the blistering pace of climate change, there is little chance for species to genetically adapt, and the work of conservationists to find...

3 days ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Christine Sexton |Lela Nargi |Jaimie Etkin

President Donald Trump's budget request, released on May 2, 2025, proposes slashing $21 billion in unspent funds from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and other efforts to cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions.  Shown are solar panels and wind turbines.

3 days ago | thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Christine Sexton |Lela Nargi |Jaimie Etkin

Elon Musk arrives for a meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Billionaire and former Trump administration official Elon Musk published a flurry of social media posts Tuesday slamming the “big, beautiful bill” in Congress, but his criticisms were mostly ignored or brushed aside by Republican senators.