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Ben Hanstein for The Maine Monitor
Farmington drops plan for townwide camera network
Police chief says shifting technology and rising privacy concerns make the surveillance project no longer viable.
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Kids in Oregon’s rural counties more likely to spend time in foster care
Advocates and experts say that reflects the challenges rural families have getting health and social safety net services.
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Situation: Colorado River Water Crisis
Real-time intelligence platform delivers key data and information as Lake Powell and Lake Mead hit combined record-low water levels, putting at risk agriculture, industry, and a $1.4 trillion regional economy.
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How did data center skepticism impact elections in southeastern Wyoming?
In Wyoming hot spot for data center development, many candidates who touted tough positions against the boom fell to those with more moderate positions.
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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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Hawaiʻi Ag Leaders Planned To Oust Official Despite Public Praise
August 27, 2026
Agribusiness Development Corp. Executive Director Wendy Gady resigned days after the agency’s board celebrated progress.
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Trump and Congress want states to take the lead on disaster recovery. West Virginia isn’t ready.
August 27, 2026
Washington is planning changes to FEMA that would require states to shoulder more of the responsibility for disaster recovery. West Virginia lawmakers have chosen for years not to fund its flood resiliency office, leaving the state ill-prepared.
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60 years ago, a rising star named Dolly Parton took the stage at a Tennessee club. Her opening act remembers it well.
August 27, 2026
Tommy Dickens sang and played bass around East Tennessee, and for some reason, he called her Molly.
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‘These are your people.’ Mississippians reflect on their special connection with Dolly Parton
August 26, 2026
Parton’s fans from the nation’s capital to the Appalachian hollers near where she grew up are mourning her death Tuesday at age 80.
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Dolly Parton Made an Undeniable Mark on Black Culture
August 26, 2026
The country legend’s reach was vast, making an impact on everyone from Whitney Houston to Lil Nas X.
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‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement
August 26, 2026
The sum is the largest single-company settlement in state history, Vermont’s attorney general noted, and marks a “watershed moment” for social media users across the country.
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Meta to pay Texas $1 billion in child safety case
August 26, 2026
As part of Texas’ settlement, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram will apply stricter age verification measures and institute a daily two-hour limit for teens.
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Trump’s plan to lower beef prices could cost Oklahoma producers long-term
August 26, 2026
The national cattle herd is the smallest it’s been since the 1950s because of hard droughts. Despite a tight beef supply, consumer demand is strong leading to high beef and cattle prices.
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Trump proposal could unleash ATVs across Wyoming’s national forests
August 26, 2026
Another Forest Service plan angers conservationists who say it unbridles motorized travel and threatens wildlife, natural resources.