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Jourdan Bennett-Begaye for ICT
Klamath man nominated as IHS director
IHS has been under two acting directors since January 2025.
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‘It’s devastating’: Drawdown at Flaming Gorge hits local recreation economy
Emergency drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell wreaks havoc on Wyoming-Utah’s lucrative Flaming Gorge.
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Texas now requires cities to do an audit before raising property taxes. Some small towns can’t afford it.
More than 130 cities, most with fewer than 10,000 residents, were blocked from increasing their property tax revenue because they had broken the law.
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Affordable housing complex opens in downtown Waterbury
Three of the 26 new apartments are reserved for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and five are set aside for people exiting homelessness.
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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.
MORE NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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When private equity firms buy mobile home parks, rent increases leave residents with few affordable options in rural areas
June 03, 2026
As investors target mobile home parks, rural residents who own their homes but rent the land beneath them face growing housing insecurity.
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Oklahoma Treasurer Using Unclaimed Property Office As Commuting Hub
June 03, 2026
Records show Todd Russ, who’s running for reelection, has repeatedly used a rural state office far from Oklahoma City as a base for travel tied to his duties.
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After years of drought, Oklahoma raises cotton gin rates for first time since 1981
June 03, 2026
For the first time in about 45 years, state officials are raising the cost farmers pay cotton gins to process their cotton. In the past decade, drought has hit Oklahoma’s cotton industry hard.
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Nebraskans are taking a hard look at data centers
June 03, 2026
Residents and officials are finding ways to slow down the development rush. This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Flatwater Free Press.
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Keith Jacobshagen, famed prairie painter, finds essential and eternal in endless Nebraska sky
June 02, 2026
Unlike other landscape artists who capture obvious scenic glories of crashing ocean waves or snow-crested mountains, Jacobshagen has devoted his life to depicting what much of the rest of America calls flyover country.
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Thousands to lose Medi-Cal and food aid in Santa Clara County
June 02, 2026
About 665,500 people are poised to lose their CalFresh benefits statewide due to expanded work requirements imposed by the federal government.
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Will Doctors Trade 5 Years In Rural Hawaiʻi For Free Med School?
June 02, 2026
Ambitious financial aid program aims to reduce the doctor shortage in remote and underserved parts of the state.
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Programs aim to get rural North Dakotans moving, eating healthier
June 02, 2026
Federal grants set to flow to community gardens, activity programs.
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Growers Say Oklahoma’s Cannabis Bonanza is Going to Pot
June 02, 2026
Growers who arrived during the state’s medical marijuana boom say oversupply, regulation and market pressures have made survival increasingly difficult.