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Report: Alabama’s uninsured rate dropped significantly in 2022
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Report: Alabama’s uninsured rate dropped significantly in 2022

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The number of Alabamians without health insurance dropped significantly between 2021 and 2022, according to an American Community Survey analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau. The percentage of people in the state without insurance fell from 9.9% in 2021 to...
The most dangerous idea in a library? Empathy
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The most dangerous idea in a library? Empathy

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Birmingham voter rights restoration event celebrates those who regained the ballot
Alabama

Birmingham voter rights restoration event celebrates those who regained the ballot

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Virginia

What a federal shutdown could mean for Virginia elections and more state headlines

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New Mexico

Loggers ask lawmakers to help their industry to eliminate wildfire threats

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Tennessee

Olivia Hill, Tennesssee’s first transgender elected official: “My main goal is to just do my job.”

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Washington

WA prisoners struggle with wildfire smoke as ventilation upgrades go unfunded

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Indiana

Absentee ballot application outage frustrates some election officials, leaves others unaffected

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Howard Simon returns, tries to right ‘the good deal of turmoil’ inside the FL ACLU
Florida

Howard Simon returns, tries to right ‘the good deal of turmoil’ inside the FL ACLU

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Food Bank re-opening: Expanded community kitchen areas, new meeting spaces to further hunger-relief efforts
Maryland

Food Bank re-opening: Expanded community kitchen areas, new meeting spaces to further hunger-relief efforts

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Three-judge panel rules against the state on Nashville Fairground Speedway voting law
Tennessee

Three-judge panel rules against the state on Nashville Fairground Speedway voting law

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Missouri

Confusion continues over how hemp was processed in recalled Missouri cannabis products

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Maryland

Cannabis administration receives pushback on licensing timeline

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Nebraska center that’s boosted budding businesses for nearly half century gets new leader
Nebraska

Nebraska center that’s boosted budding businesses for nearly half century gets new leader

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State schools superintendent, legislators deliver divergent messages on education
Wisconsin

State schools superintendent, legislators deliver divergent messages on education

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Union, execs need to shift gears once UAW strike ends – transitioning to EVs requires teamwork
Indiana
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Union, execs need to shift gears once UAW strike ends – transitioning to EVs requires teamwork

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Peter Berg
Menendez indictment looks bad, but there are defenses he can make
New Jersey
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Menendez indictment looks bad, but there are defenses he can make

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Stanley M. Brand
Restoring America’s confidence in our court system with a code of conduct
Missouri
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Restoring America’s confidence in our court system with a code of conduct

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John A. Tures
Commentary: In building out broadband, let’s work to do it right
Maryland
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Commentary: In building out broadband, let’s work to do it right

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Tennessee

Alive Hospice founders going nonprofit’s board of directors

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Oklahoma

Young voters in U.S. and Oklahoma less likely to vote in 2024 or pick a political side

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma broadband board to select first high-speed internet expansion projects

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Idaho

Idaho governor schedules next Capital for a Day in Lemhi County’s Carmen

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Wisconsin

Democratic lawmakers roll out new push to legalize marijuana

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Nebraska

Growing pessimism found in latest annual poll of rural Nebraskans

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Close to $1B in COVID-19 relief funding still unclaimed by Indiana schools as deadlines loom
Indiana

Close to $1B in COVID-19 relief funding still unclaimed by Indiana schools as deadlines loom

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Seeing spotted lanternfly eggs? Scrape, smash, report them
Maryland

Seeing spotted lanternfly eggs? Scrape, smash, report them

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Efforts to eliminate Oklahoma grocery tax stall despite bipartisan support
Oklahoma

Efforts to eliminate Oklahoma grocery tax stall despite bipartisan support

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Idaho

Yellowstone extends comment period for bison management plan after high volume of comments

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Pennsylvania

Delaware County must accept in-person votes from residents whose mail ballots were rejected

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Nebraska

Family of famed poet plans to breach century-old monument to unlock mystery inside

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Colorado

Abortion reversal ban survives test of Colorado regulatory board rules

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West Virginia

As national eyes turn to HIV in WV, experts urge hope as advocates lament lack of clean syringes

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Texas

A unique Texas legal rule lets the attorney general’s office supersede some judges’ orders

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More physicians need to speak out against attacks on health care — and employers need to let us
Wisconsin
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More physicians need to speak out against attacks on health care — and employers need to let us

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West Virginia

Medicaid unwinding: WV among 30 states not complying with federal requirements 

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Education

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Budget sets tight timeline, new specifics for controversial new school at UNC-Chapel Hill
North Carolina

Budget sets tight timeline, new specifics for controversial new school at UNC-Chapel Hill

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New Hampshire

Career readiness in New Hampshire schools boosts students’ hope, survey shows

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Biden’s logging project near Yellowstone National Park makes mockery of his climate pledge
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Biden’s logging project near Yellowstone National Park makes mockery of his climate pledge

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Ohio

Ohio Redistricting Commission kicks off regional hearings

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Texas leads the nation in oil production. What about industry-related deaths?
Texas

Texas leads the nation in oil production. What about industry-related deaths?

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Rhode Island

R.I.’s carbon reduction plan is due in two months. Will there be time for public input?

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Louisiana

Louisiana’s unemployment trust fund expected to fully recover from COVID-19

Sep 22, 2023
Oregon

Health officials urge Oregonians to get vaccinated against COVID, flu, RSV

Sep 21, 2023

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How the battle for a Barrington oyster farm upended the public hearing process
Rhode Island

How the battle for a Barrington oyster farm upended the public hearing process

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Virginia

Franconia-Springfield Bypass gets $100 million to improve congestion on NoVa rail corridor

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For bloviating Kansas politicians, ‘I know you are but what am I’ flops as communications strategy
Kansas
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For bloviating Kansas politicians, ‘I know you are but what am I’ flops as communications strategy

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Kansas

‘Emotional and fulfilling’: Caravan retraces Potawatomi Trail of Death through Kansas

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Incarcerated people partner with state officials to encourage voter turnout in prisons
Maine

Incarcerated people partner with state officials to encourage voter turnout in prisons

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Pennsylvania

Fetterman calls for Menendez to resign

Sep 24, 2023