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Tornados kill 3 in Arkansas, damage hundreds of homes and businesses
Arkansas

Tornados kill 3 in Arkansas, damage hundreds of homes and businesses

Mar 31, 2023
Two people died in a tornado that struck the eastern Arkansas town of Wynne on Friday, but as of 8:30 p.m. CDT, no fatalities had been reported from a tornado that damaged parts of west Little Rock earlier in the...
Increasing transgender visibility, fighting conversion therapy
Wisconsin

Increasing transgender visibility, fighting conversion therapy

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Need mental health care in SD? You may have to get in line
South Dakota

Need mental health care in SD? You may have to get in line

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Kansas

Defiant transgender children, filled with love and rage, march on Kansas Statehouse

Mar 31, 2023
Alaska

National report finds that children in Alaska are struggling

Mar 31, 2023
Kentucky

Students in Lexington lead protest of new anti-trans law

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New Jersey

Report dings N.J. for no long-range plan on funding repairs at low-income schools

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North Carolina
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Weekend humor from Celia Rivenbark: The right’s war on abortion leads to a vasectomy boom

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Michigan activists share stories of identity and community on Transgender Day of Visibility
Michigan

Michigan activists share stories of identity and community on Transgender Day of Visibility

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Roundup: Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated, abortion rights measures advance, GOP dislikes California (rules), cannabis to the House, and more
Maryland

Roundup: Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated, abortion rights measures advance, GOP dislikes California (rules), cannabis to the House, and more

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Dept. of Ag expands Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine ahead of hatching season | Five for the Weekend 
Pennsylvania

Dept. of Ag expands Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine ahead of hatching season | Five for the Weekend 

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Louisiana

Nuns trying to build New Orleans solar garden want fair price for power

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Montana

Competing bills, opinions could determine reallocation of Montana marijuana tax revenue

Mar 31, 2023
Nebraska lawmakers open debate on property tax relief package, defeat amendment on aid to renters
Nebraska

Nebraska lawmakers open debate on property tax relief package, defeat amendment on aid to renters

Mar 31, 2023
Reproductive health care access bills advance in Colorado House
Colorado

Reproductive health care access bills advance in Colorado House

Mar 31, 2023

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Pennsylvania
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Some #PaBudget April Foolery | Editorial Cartoon

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John Cole
Trophy hunting and trapping: Contested quotas, absolute cessation, and the need for a fearless left
Montana
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Trophy hunting and trapping: Contested quotas, absolute cessation, and the need for a fearless left

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Joseph Scalia III
Statehouse scraps: Disability rights advocates disarm bill, anti-trans deadline, more ghost towns
Kansas
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Statehouse scraps: Disability rights advocates disarm bill, anti-trans deadline, more ghost towns

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Clay Wirestone
Alaska lawmakers: Keep your pay raise. But it’s time to fix per diem.
Alaska
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Alaska lawmakers: Keep your pay raise. But it’s time to fix per diem.

Mar 31, 2023
Nathaniel Herz

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Pennsylvania

Philly African-American Museum’s CEO gets Biden appointment

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Nebraska

Hundreds observe ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ at Nebraska State Capitol, decry proposed legislation

Mar 31, 2023
Arizona

Hobbs’ top spokesperson out days after press secretary resigns

Mar 31, 2023
Pennsylvania

Pa. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman out of hospital, back home in Braddock

Mar 31, 2023
Arkansas

Arkansas governor signs law aimed at holding libraries accountable for ‘obscene’ material

Mar 31, 2023
Nebraska

State awarded $3 million in federal funds for climate impact study

Mar 31, 2023

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Bill that would require schooling for Fiore and others opposed by rural judges
Nevada

Bill that would require schooling for Fiore and others opposed by rural judges

Mar 31, 2023
Texas education agency moves to appoint conservator for Austin ISD
Texas

Texas Education Agency moves to appoint conservators for Austin ISD

Mar 31, 2023
Masking will no longer be required in NM hospitals on April 16
New Mexico

Masking will no longer be required in NM hospitals on April 16

Mar 31, 2023
New Mexico

NM courts no longer require masks, distancing or screening

Mar 31, 2023
New Mexico

State lifts COVID mandates at public schools

Mar 31, 2023
Maryland

Budget negotiators resolve differences on education spending, send final budget plan to House and Senate

Mar 31, 2023
Nebraska

State senator, legal group demand retraction for tweet they consider defamatory

Mar 31, 2023
South Dakota

South Dakota one of few states to saddle counties with public defense costs

Mar 31, 2023
Ohio

A Charter of Democracy: Teddy Roosevelt’s speech to the 1912 Ohio Constitutional Convention

Mar 31, 2023

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Young activists flock to the Florida Capitol to fight for LGBTQ+ rights
Florida

Young activists flock to the Florida Capitol to fight for LGBTQ+ rights

Mar 31, 2023
Iowa

State imposes $6,500 fine after Army veteran suffocates at Iowa nursing home

Mar 31, 2023

Education

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GOP lawmakers in House are molding FL’s K-12 school system to fit ultraconservative values
Florida

GOP lawmakers in House are molding FL’s K-12 school system to fit ultraconservative values

Mar 31, 2023
Nebraska

Lawsuit alleges Nebraska high school shuttered school paper for covering LGBTQ issues

Mar 31, 2023

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Nate Paul, real estate investor in Paxton corruption allegations, ordered to jail again after losing appeal
Texas

Nate Paul, real estate investor in Paxton corruption allegations, ordered to jail again after losing appeal

Mar 31, 2023
Kansas

As Kansans celebrate equality, House lawmakers vote against transgender women’s rights

Mar 31, 2023

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Lawmakers begin deciding how to address Arkansas scrap tire problem
Arkansas

Lawmakers begin deciding how to address Arkansas scrap tire problem

Mar 31, 2023
Iowa

Hog confinement owner fined $10K for manure spills

Mar 31, 2023

COVID-19

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New Mexico to start purging Medicaid rolls Saturday
New Mexico

New Mexico to start purging Medicaid rolls Saturday

Mar 31, 2023
Missouri

U.S. House members battle over ‘weaponization’ of government in hearing on Missouri lawsuit

Mar 30, 2023

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Rift grows between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan over how to cut property taxes
Texas

Rift grows between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan over how to cut property taxes

Mar 31, 2023
Connecticut

CT hasn’t spent millions budgeted for health care, human services

Mar 31, 2023

Civil Rights

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State human commissioner says MPD won’t be allowed to coach officers for substantial misconduct
Minnesota

State human rights commissioner: MPD can’t coach officers for substantial misconduct

Mar 31, 2023
Arizona
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We all know Trump did it, but what must matter is the letter of the law

Mar 31, 2023

Criminal Justice

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Here’s the deal with Gov. DeSantis’ obligations in any Trump extradition
Florida

Here’s the deal with Gov. DeSantis’ obligations in any Trump extradition

Mar 31, 2023
Kansas

Report: Kansas foster care placement instability driven by older youths with high levels of need

Mar 31, 2023