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Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune
Texas takes over voter registration in Val Verde County amid struggles with registration
The secretary of state is using a law that was originally written to focus on problems in Harris County.
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Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry
The endangered whales’ numbers are still trending in the wrong direction. Researchers just found a new piece of the puzzle as to why.
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‘Wild West’ comes alive in annual Pawnee Bill show reenactment
Hundreds traveled to Pawnee on Saturday to watch Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, a reenactment of the historic 19th and 20th-century performance. Storms and a tornado warning cut the evening show short.
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A rural hospital paid for the children of 2 top executives to become doctors. It won’t say how many other people have gotten similar help.
Buchanan General Hospital’s tuition assistance program is designed to recruit clinicians to work in its rural community. The hospital declined to disclose information about other program recipients or its conflict of interest policy.
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Rachel Livinal for The Merced FOCUS
Young Brains, Huge Stakes: How transitional kindergarten is shaping San Joaquin Valley’s youth
As California expands transitional kindergarten statewide, this four-part series examines whether San Joaquin Valley schools can meet the needs of young learners.
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Courtesy of U.S. Senate
Cardinal News 250: Virginia’s stories. A nation’s birth.
The project spotlights Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial.
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Gordon Hodges for Door County Knock
Locked Out: Door County’s affordable housing shortage
An in-depth series on Door County’s affordable housing shortage, examining its causes, shrinking availability and the roadblocks to building more.
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EPA’s PFAS retreat is ‘a slap in the face,’ NC advocate says
June 16, 2026
Nine years after Cape Fear River contamination made headlines, communities say proposed federal rollbacks leave them drinking water with no meaningful protections.
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Wyoming judge strikes down ultrasound requirement, two other abortion laws
June 12, 2026
A 2012 amendment to the Wyoming Constitution continues to stymie attempts to curtail abortion in the Equality State.
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Breaking: California sues Shasta County over Measure B
June 12, 2026
The ballot initiative, which has just been approved by voters, set out to impose voter ID and eliminate mail-in voting — among other changes to local election procedures, which appear to contradict California law.
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Wisconsin’s lead pipe count is falling. But the search isn’t over.
June 12, 2026
New inventories show fewer lead service lines than previously estimated, but Wisconsin water systems still aren’t sure what 180,000 pipes are made of.
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Drought delivers ‘worst case scenario’ for fire scar recovery in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin
June 12, 2026
At the front end of what’s shaping up to be another active fire year, landowners and rangeland specialists speak to the challenges of healing a landscape burned over by the Red Canyon Fire.
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Kaua‘i Shrimp: Harvesting Pounds From Ponds To Help Feed Hawai‘i
June 12, 2026
The shrimp farm has been part of West Kaua‘i’s agricultural landscape for decades.
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Health officials issue advisory about large gatherings as measles outbreak grows in Buckingham County
June 12, 2026
There have been 89 confirmed measles cases in the county this year.
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More than 60 Ukiah Valley residents pack meeting to learn about annexation proposal
June 12, 2026
Among the most common concerns residents had were whether residents get to vote on annexation and whether property taxes would go up.
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Texas agency to set rules for using treated fracking wastewater on farmland
June 12, 2026
The state’s environmental regulator will hold a public hearing June 15 on its proposed rules for how the toxic wastewater can be reused. Here’s what you should know.