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Annelise Pierce for Shasta Scout
For Shasta, collaboration needed to solve physician shortage
Political division is a barrier to improving healthcare access in Shasta County. Experts say solving the entrenched problem requires working together.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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11 claims about the candidates for Wisconsin governor — and the facts
Before Wednesday’s debate between David Crowley and Tom Tiffany, read these Fact Briefs from Wisconsin Watch and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Franklin County Land Bank celebrates first completed house
Modular house in Tupper Lake will soon be followed by projects in other communities.
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Greg Abbott raked in $9 million from data center-related donors as he called for regulations
About $4.9 million of the haul came from donors who develop, own or operate data centers, a Tribune analysis found. The other share of the donations came from people and groups with indirect financial ties.
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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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Texas man seeks to have armed robbery conviction tossed over no-warrant Flock camera search
October 19, 2026
Defense lawyers asked a federal appeals court to void the conviction, arguing the cameras give police more power than the Constitution allows.
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Rural colleges get creative to support student parents
October 16, 2026
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
October 16, 2026
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.
October 16, 2026
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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Use of NDAs for Wisconsin data centers wider than previously known
October 16, 2026
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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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.