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Teaching Kansas students to read gets tougher after $22.6 million federal funding cut
April 23, 2025
Kansas used federal money on an evidence-based reading program. It was helping Kansas students improve their reading skills after pandemic learning loss.
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Hawaiʻi Farmers And Ranchers Face $46 Million In Federal Funding Cuts
April 23, 2025
The USDA decision has led to lost jobs, confusion and a setback on climate initiatives in the agricultural sector.
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State leaders defend climate change initiatives despite Trump administration’s threats
April 22, 2025
Elected officials and members of environmental interest groups gathered at the Statehouse to reaffirm their commitment to upholding the state’s climate protection laws.
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Hageman quietly resumes in-person town halls
April 22, 2025
Less than a month after canceling in-person town halls due to safety concerns, Rep. Harriet Hageman has restarted the process, though you’ll have to register to attend.
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Libraries evolve and thrive despite funding uncertainty
April 21, 2025
Any funding cut at the state or federal level to the state library would require local libraries to ask for more taxpayer money or to reduce offerings if local replacement money isn’t available.
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Proposed Funding Cuts Could Reduce Access To Hawaiʻi Libraries
April 21, 2025
Potential cuts to staff and construction funds for the state library system also come amid ongoing uncertainty around federal support.
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How will Trump’s tariffs impact local restaurants and food businesses? Owners share their thoughts
April 20, 2025
One local caterer reported that wedding clients are already reducing their commitments. She shared that the current economic situation “smells like 2020,” referring to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy.
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Farmers, seasonal businesses worry as immigration crackdown ramps up
April 19, 2025
“There are a lot less local people that want to do [this work], so we have to have this program,” said the owner of an apple orchard. “Without it, we’ll just be out of the industry. We go away.”
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Report: Wildlife Refuge System ‘at risk’ with no units fully resourced amid DOGE uncertainty
April 18, 2025
Federal trove of wildlife habitat that includes seven Wyoming units is in shambles, the department’s chief says.
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Behind the Plants: Living in the Shadow of Industry on Cancer Alley
April 17, 2025
Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans lies a 150-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley. This region hosts over 150 petrochemical facilities and oil refineries—the highest concentration of such industries in the Western Hemisphere.
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Trump is spending billions on border security. Some residents living there lack basic resources.
April 16, 2025
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.
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Feds planning nearly 25 miles of new border wall near Coronado National Forest
April 14, 2025
Environmentalists decry project in Southeastern Arizona as ‘ecological catastrophe.’
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Prospect of Trump tariffs buoys hopes of Coastal Georgia shrimpers
April 14, 2025
Market relief faces uncertain future.
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Millions of Americans don’t speak English. Now they won’t be warned before weather disasters.
April 14, 2025
An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices.
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To serve and protect? Police chief fired after allegedly terrorizing woman
April 11, 2025
The protection order, requested by the 24-year-old woman and granted by a judge, came after the Mitchell police chief allegedly sent her many lewd photos on Snapchat, repeatedly drove by her home and let her know that he knew when she was home alone.
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