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Local activists argue against incoming Dollar Tree
January 21, 2025
One of the core arguments against dollar stores is the extraction of resources from local communities.
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Athens to build low-income housing on city’s West and Near East sides
January 16, 2025
Under the program terms, each home would have a deed restriction barring sale to anyone who earns more than 80% of the county’s annual median income as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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New Senate agriculture committee leadership has extensive ties to industry heavyweights
January 15, 2025
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, an Arkansas Republican, has received tens of thousands of campaign donations from employees at Tyson Foods, one of the country’s largest meat companies.
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Citing high cost, Wausau City Council rejects $350K affordable housing proposal
January 15, 2025
Revenue from the home’s sale would have been reinvested in similar affordable housing projects. This was the fourth attempt by city staff to solicit bids for the infill lot.
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Underserved rural communities targeted in legislative proposal
January 14, 2025
An endowment fund of $50 million endowment could spur redevelopment, housing.
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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy
January 08, 2025
In so many towns, their identity is inextricably linked to the college that’s been there forever. It’s a huge source of local pride. It’s also a big source of good-paying jobs that are not replaceable.
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GRAPHIC: As Trump policy changes loom, nearly half of farmworkers lack legal status
December 30, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would start with the “criminals,” but that “you have no choice” but to eventually deport everyone in the country illegally, according to a December interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.
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Columbia Falls students building much-needed housing for Glacier National Park
December 30, 2024
Park officials say the cabins are helping alleviate the shortage of employee housing.
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Wisconsin’s rural homelessness crisis and the fight to do ‘more with less’
December 23, 2024
Homelessness in rural Wisconsin, while often unseen, is increasing. Yet a grueling funding landscape, among other challenges, poses obstacles for local shelters and rural providers.
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In Rare Visit to Redding, Newsom Unveils Educational Initiative that will Broaden Employment Opportunities in Rural Counties
December 18, 2024
In Shasta County, some specific local considerations outlined by California Gov. Gavin Newsom are the area’s higher than average poverty rate, and sociocultural resistance to higher education, as documented in Shasta Scout’s prior reporting.
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How President-elect Trump’s proposed tariffs could further squeeze West Virginians’ wallets
December 16, 2024
Trump has promised to crack down on foreign manufacturing and increase tariffs on countries like China, Canada and Mexico. Here’s how that could affect West Virginians’ bank accounts.
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Helene exacerbated rise in homelessness across western North Carolina
December 16, 2024
The storm increased awareness of how easily one can become homeless, the region’s growing number of unhoused people and how it’s harder than ever to find a place to live.
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Round Valley Tribes receives $8.7 million grant to develop housing
December 12, 2024
High construction costs and limited access to funding have led to a shortage of affordable housing for people on the reservation.
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Unpacking a ‘uniquely mysterious’ development proposal in Paradise Valley
December 10, 2024
Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
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County still reliant on motel rooms to shelter homeless this winter
December 10, 2024
The temporary facility is part of a state-mandated program called “Code Blue” that requires counties to provide shelter, no questions asked, on nights when the temperature dips below freezing.
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