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Thomas Heaton for Civil Beat
Hawai‘i Farmers Confront $11M In Flood Damage Without A Safety Net
Crop insurance is hard to attain in Hawaiʻi, and federal programs are tailored to mainland agriculture.
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How NC fails to track and prevent ‘wandering officers’
Decertifying wandering officers isn’t automatic. Some law enforcement agencies reluctant to share records. Some aren’t cautious in hiring.
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Oklahoma has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. 988 is here to help
Between 2013 and 2022, nearly 8,000 Oklahomans died by suicide, an average of two people every day. Rural communities held a burden of those deaths.
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Delaware approves $475K in opioid grants for local governments
The awards mark the first funds to reach local governments after a committee meant to distribute money to municipalities sat idle for three years.
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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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Courtesy of U.S. Senate.
Caridnal 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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Justin Hardiman for Capital B
Sowing Resilience
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Nine stories reveal how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
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19th century circus in the North Country
March 24, 2026
Historic newspapers of the area shared accounts of the circus coming to various North Country towns in the 19th century.
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Bill would allow small MN school districts to shrink school board size
March 13, 2026
Districts with fewer than a thousand students could ask voters to approve reducing board membership from six to five. Small districts often struggle to fill out their boards.
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At Wilmington dinner, residents share concerns about housing, schools and government transparency
March 13, 2026
Spotlight Delaware’s Breaking Bread Tour, launched this year, gives residents a chance to speak directly about issues affecting their communities.
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‘A slippery slope’: Quest to build affordable housing in national forest raises alarm
March 13, 2026
In Jackson Hole, in the nation’s richest county, there is a major housing problem. Now, developers are looking to public land.
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Ten Million Tons of Manure In California Are Unaccounted for, New Report Shows
March 12, 2026
Stanford researchers found serious loopholes in factory farm regulation — and it’s not just in California.
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In Leipsic, watermen have toiled for generations to dredge the deep
March 12, 2026
But in this tiny bayfront town, rising costs, fewer licenses and changing waters threaten a way of life built on crabbing and fishing.
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In rural West Texas, renewable energy brings a windfall for seniors
March 12, 2026
How officials in Crockett County are using wind investments to help older residents age in place.
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A shrinking Colorado River is forcing farms to change
March 12, 2026
From low-flow nozzles to baling hay at night, see how farmers are adapting to less water.
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A Strategy to Heal America’s Rural-Urban Divide
March 11, 2026
Political scientist Suzanne Mettler sees county party chairs as key to our democracy.