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Andy Manis for Wisconsin Watch
Use of NDAs for Wisconsin data centers wider than previously known
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. signed five nondisclosure agreements with developers, including three for projects for which local NDAs weren’t previously disclosed.
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Rural colleges get creative to support student parents
A recent report from The Institute for College Access & Success, or TICAS, showed about a quarter of students attending rural-serving institutions are parents.
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Google confirmed as parent company for data center project in Roanoke County
The Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority recently pulled out of an NDA on the project at I-81/581 junction, and information has flowed more freely.
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Susan Collins is criticizing a Troy Jackson mortgage. She did something similar.
Records show the senator’s mortgage pledges on homes in Bangor and Washington, D.C., overlapped for eight months in 2004.
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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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Lily Smith for Flatwater Free Press
Priced out of the Good Life
Nebraska paychecks are stagnant. Home prices continue to spiral. It’s pricing out a generation of buyers.
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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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University of Wyoming student finds elusive insect in Yellowstone alpine
October 16, 2026
Grylloblattodea is one of the rarest orders of insects in the world, with only 35 described species.
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Meet the candidates running for Texas’ State Board of Education in 2026
October 16, 2026
The education board sets learning standards and approves instructional materials for public schools. Here are the nine candidates who are running and what’s at stake.
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Canyon ISD is in its fifth consecutive deficit budget year
October 15, 2026
Supply and insurance costs have risen faster than local and state revenue; departments across the district determined how to make 6% budget cuts.
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Attempted coop: Winter Springs makes first move to allow backyard chickens
October 15, 2026
Final vote at the end of the month to allow up to 20 backyard chickens in certain areas, but some residents want the city to wait.
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Trump moved to ease diesel costs, but is it too late?
October 15, 2026
Many farmers have already purchased fuel and finished harvesting as diesel prices remain elevated.
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Is gravel a mineral? The answer could decide the Casper Mountain mining controversy.
October 15, 2026
The Casper Mountain controversy prompted Natrona County to ban proposed development, an action outside its authority, gravel pit operator says.
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Trump says the border is secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott keeps declaring an emergency.
October 15, 2026
Since Abbott first declared a border emergency in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers.
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‘This is the first time I’ve touched grass’: Inside the U.S. colleges pioneering social prescriptions
October 15, 2026
As student mental health care needs overwhelm college counseling departments, universities create programs that prescribe nature, arts and belonging.
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New murals add color, culture to downtown Hollister
October 14, 2026
San Benito County Arts Council unveils five new murals during Vision Art Fest tour.