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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.
Michigan Senate Democrats on Tuesday celebrated the passage of a state-focused Voting Rights Act, although the legislation now heads to the Republican-led House of Representatives, which is unlikely to rush the four-b...
Read article →Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs told Arizonans on Wednesday evening that he’s got the best chance of beating Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November. Biggs’ chief opponent in the Republican primary for Arizona g...
Read article →According to the Bible, the world’s first con man was a snake. It deceived Adam and Eve, leading them to commit the first sin, which is how we wound up living in this messed-up world we have now. I mention this becaus...
Read article →Democrats pulled off a win in a special election to fill the remainder of a former Democratic state senator’s term in a race that turned out tighter than expected. Sen. Nabilah Parkes of Duluth stepped down from her s...
Read article →Republican leaders are working through the final disagreements between the House and Senate on the way to legislative approval of a state budget. House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) and Senate Leader Phil Ber...
Read article →WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against a transgender healthcare nonprofit Wednesday, accusing it of misleading and coercing parents over gender-affirming treatment for their children. ...
Read article →Investigators have accused Douglas Litwhiler of using a law enforcement database to seek information on his ex-wife, a man she was dating and a contractor who was building her home.
Read article →As the family of Karliana Yosdeylin Perdomo-Gotopo, a 20-year-old Cleary University student and member of the school’s women’s soccer team who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, works to secure her r...
Read article →WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that if confirmed he would ensure natural disaster recovery efforts are ...
Read article →Before the Power & Light District became the hub of entertainment and economic activity in Kansas City that it is today, the area was blocks of unkempt parking lots and empty storefronts. The district’s overhaul w...
Read article →Blair County commissioners now have a policy outlining how they'll control spending in case of a prolonged state budget delay, a common occurrence in Harrisburg that has an outsized impact on certain government agencies.
Read article →When former Henderson Police Chief Hollie Chadwick went to bed on primary election night, it appeared her quest to unseat Mayor Michelle Romero was for naught. Romero, according to election officials, had garnered jus...
Read article →The Robeson County Landfill is infiltrating the county’s public water system with PFAS, or forever chemicals, according to the lawsuit.
Read article →President Donald Trump stands at the center of everything in Washington these days — and as voters prepare to vote in Maryland’s primaries next week, he seems to be at the center there, too.
Read article →More than 500 people filled an Eau Claire event center Saturday evening to drink old fashioneds while connecting over a collective desire to prevent “oligarchs” and big tech companies from constructing AI data centers...
Read article →Frederick has more planned hyperscale data centers than any other county in Maryland, scheduled to come online in as little as three years, prompting pushback amid local concerns that the area will soon resemble “data...
Read article →“My toilet is leaking and draining all over my floor. In the master bedroom, with an odor,” Park’s Edge resident Lanika Hester emailed to her property manager at 9:55 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. A foul-smelling su...
Read article →With many students and educators already using widely available artificial intelligence tools, state lawmakers and school districts are playing catch-up on AI policies. In Maryland, for example, AI usage policies for ...
Read article →Community members expressed cautious optimism over the newest effort to revitalize the aging State Center Complex in Baltimore, a decades-old development challenge that has been a point of “frustration” and “opportuni...
Read article →When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Investigators say she was found in a dog crate after having suffered years of abuse and starvation while living in Charlotte. Dominique’s...
Read article →This year, Missouri joins Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida in use of an A-F public school and district grading framework. In this accountability system,...
Read article →A state audit shows Baltimore City Community College awarded $264,000 in financial aid to 145 potentially fictitious or “ghost students.”
Read article →A two-term city councilman and a state lawmaker who serves as the Nevada Democratic Party chair are among the candidates seeking to be elected the next mayor of North Las Vegas. Five candidates are running...
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