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The most important stories are often the ones that never trend nationally: a Mississippi town rebuilding two years after a devastating tornado, a Kansas newspaper whose offices were raided by its own police, and a Baltimore program selling vacant homes for $1. Trill News covers local news, small towns, and community stories from the places and people that mainstream media overlooks.
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. WINDHAM, Maine – As 24-year-old Maya Brooks walked winding roads in rural parts of Maine, a water bot...
Read article →The chamber won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final days of unified Republican control.
Read article →In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major ...
Read article →The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit program prepares to take effect in Ja...
Read article →President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings. The first events in the c...
Read article →WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal elections an...
Read article →The University of Louisiana System has hired a consulting firm to examine its athletics budget problems and recommend solutions, including whether its member schools should leave the NCAA Division I ranks. UL System P...
Read article →This article first appeared on KFF Health News. NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 r...
Read article →A ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court regarding a permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project is echoing into other aspects of the state’s environmental permitting process, as the state’s high court encouraged the ...
Read article →WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald ...
Read article →In a heated debate full of name-calling and personal barbs, Republican Alexander Kolodin promised Arizonans that, as the state’s top election official, he would deliver election-night results — something that Democrat...
Read article →First published by Investigate Midwest. Decades of consolidation have pushed thousands of dairy farms out of business, as rising costs for feed, fertilizer, labor and other inputs have made it increasingly difficult f...
Read article →After nearly winning re-election outright during the June primary, incumbent Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero will face the former Henderson Police Chief Hollie Chadwick in the general election. The election comes amid...
Read article →Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature C...
Read article →Since receiving a letter from the Missouri Department of Social Services Sept. 1 containing “an important notice” about his federal food assistance, Andrew Dallas has struggled to ease his mind. Dallas, 63, of Arnold,...
Read article →Clark County District Court Judge Jacob Reynolds faces a challenge from prosecutor Alex Quagge in the race for District Court Department 29. Reynolds says attorneys who think he owes them favors that he failed to deli...
Read article →Central Pennsylvania’s public broadcasting station, WPSU, is officially separated from Penn State.
Read article →An April freeze ravaged early-blooming fruit crops, with over $300M in losses projected in New Jersey. Lawmakers propose giving farmers $60M in grants.
Read article →Oct. 1 marks the start of Transgender Empowerment Month — a series of events launched by Michigan nonprofit Stand with Trans that has grown to a national and even global audience of transgender people, their families ...
Read article →• “Virginia’s first look at a cannabis retail market.” — The Virginian-Pilot • “Several Virginia races lack debates as Election Day nears.” — WSET • “Curious Commonwealth asks: Is high-speed rail possible in Virginia?...
Read article →A committee of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to advance a resolution to remove Flock automatic license plate reader cameras from county park property. The unanimous vote, made in the commi...
Read article →A fifth measles-related death was reported in Pennsylvania, which remains one of the nation's hot spots for outbreaks of the virus, with 943 cases reported across the state this year. Maryland has reported 51 confirme...
Read article →Questions about labor protections, traffic and taxpayer costs filled a packed hearing Tuesday night in Largo, as the Prince George’s County Council heard from the public about the proposed Sphere at National Harbor.
Read article →The Office of Inspector General for Health did almost 1,400 audits and investigations over the last four years and found more than $42 million in improper or unrecovered payments -- but those reports have only recentl...
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