Friday, June 20, 2025
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Servi…
Friday, June 20, 2025
By Jonathan Feakins for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Illinois News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News S…
Thursday, June 19, 2025
A Pennsylvania literacy organization is commemorating the Juneteenth holiday by highlighting the history and contributions of Black people in the Unit…
Friday, June 20, 2025
A new lawsuit is challenging Maryland's closed primary system. If the lawsuit is successful, nearly a million Marylanders may be able to vote in …
Friday, June 20, 2025
Ohioans can't help but feel the emotional weight of political violence after last weekend's assassination of a top Democratic state lawmaker in Minnes…
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Washingtonians cannot help but feel the emotional weight of political violence after this weekend's assassination of a top Democratic state lawmaker i…
Friday, June 20, 2025
Tennessee this week joined two dozen other states in banning gender-affirming medical care for young people who are transgender.
The U.S. Supreme …
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday released an opinion that allows Tennessee to keep in place a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
While seen …
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Today is LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day and California advocates are speaking out against federal attacks on workplace protections.
On his first …
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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Ohio child welfare advocates are urging lawmakers to restore more than $60 million in funding to address the state's ongoing foster care placement cri…
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
With school out for summer vacation, maintaining healthy sleep habits can be a challenge for parents, caregivers and children.
Longer daylight hours …
With school out for summer vacation, maintaining healthy sleep habits can be a challenge for parents and children. Longer daylight hours and …
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Minnesotans gathered at the state Capitol last night for a candlelight vigil for Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, after she was assassinated …
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Eight Wisconsin cities, including four rural communities, will receive improvements to help make their communities more livable. Eleven grantees …
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
As Minnesotans process this weekend's shooting attacks on lawmakers, they are surrounded by talking points about turning down the political …
Thursday, June 19, 2025
A bill prohibiting credit reporting on Oregonians' medical debt has been signed into law by Gov. Tina Kotek. Hailed as a significant victory for …
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collabor…
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Homeowners' insurance costs continue to skyrocket and few choices remain for Hoosiers who cannot afford a premium increase or receive a coverage denia…
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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Today is Juneteenth, a national holiday dating back to 1865. This was the day when freedom was granted to enslaved Texans, more than two years after …
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the arrival of immigrants an invasion and has invoked the Alien Enemies Act to expedite their removal…
Five years after George Floyd's murder by a white police officer sparked nationwide protests and demands for police reform, progress remains slow…
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
As Republican lawmakers weigh billions of dollars in potential Medicaid cuts, a new report warned the move could affect health coverage for …
The budget reconciliation bill being considered by the U.S. Senate proposes $863 billion in Medicaid reductions over a decade, with 10.9 million …
After the Department of Government Efficiency cut AmeriCorps funding earlier this year, a federal judge last week granted a temporary halt to the …
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
A case with national implications on the power of the U.S. president to use state National Guard troops to quell protests now rests with a panel of …
Texas colleges are getting mixed marks when it comes to protecting free speech on campus. The College Free Speech Rankings include survey results …
Studies show one in 10 Black people in the U.S. is an immigrant and immigrants' advocates said they face significant challenges blending into the …
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Colorado, already considered a national leader in workforce development, is aiming to raise the bar even higher.
Gov. Jared Polis recently issued an …
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
As Congress considers federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP food assistance, groups advocating for Illinois schools are speaking out on how it would …
Washington's Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has revised its public school discipline policies, and advocates for children said …
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Advocates for homeownership in Oregon are celebrating a new bill which sets targets to boost the state's homeownership rate, currently at 64%…
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed Washington's first rent stabilization law and renters and advocates who fought for the bill are breathing sighs of …
With rates of homelessness on the rise, advocates are decrying plans to remove a long-standing camp from the Sandy River Delta, also known as …
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and new research examined the connection between dementia and awareness about money management skills…
At least 10,000 people retire every day in the United States, with nearly half of them relying on Social Security as their sole source of income…
Next Monday marks the beginning of "PROTECT" week, when AARP helps seniors learn the signs of financial fraud. Experts say Maryland seniors can …
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Some 7,000 people are expected to attend this week's Psychedelic Science conference in Denver and public health activists are spotlighting the potenti…
A new study highlights the high price of incarceration, and says the annual total cost to families of Americans behind bars is nearly $350 billion…
A new study highlights the high price of incarceration, and says the annual total cost to families of Americans behind bars is nearly $350 billion…
By Susannah Broun for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Mississippi News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Col…
Hoosiers can now step into the past. A new exhibit opens this weekend at the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Bloomington…
Supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities say President Donald Trump's cuts to the agency disproportionately impact rural Americans - an…
Local Jewish advocates for Palestinians are joining forces to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. They are calling on the U.S…
Exports are important to Wisconsin's economy but a new report found they are facing turbulence between a decade-long decline and the uncertainty of ne…
California supporters of the Palestinian cause say they are cautiously optimistic - now that the ceasefire in Gaza has taken hold and the hostage rele…
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Last week, Senate Republicans unveiled reduced cuts to food assistance programs in their version of the budget bill. The proposal from Senate …
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives could make it easier for people to get job training while they're receiving federal food assistance…
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill discuss trillions in spending cuts, opponents warned students on SNAP and free school meal programs would suffer…
Fighting for a wide range of people with a skill for compromise, is how Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, is being remembered for following her …
Women college graduates are not sticking to traditional compatibility traits when choosing a husband, according to one study. Preferences are …
As Women's Health Month comes to an end, public health officials are urging Illinois women to be aware of the increased risks they face from any …
A Kent State University shooting survivor is warning Ohioans and others to take note of the U.S. military's involvement in immigration-related …
As global conflicts and natural disasters escalate, groups like the Nonviolent Peaceforce, which works to protect civilians in conflict zones…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ties with a controversial church based in Idaho and critics said the church's Christian nationalist views could gui…
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Protests are planned this Saturday throughout Nevada as organizers mobilize a "nationwide day of defiance" against what they're calling the Trump admi…
Protests are planned this Saturday throughout Arizona as organizers mobilize a "nationwide day of defiance" against what they're calling the Trump adm…
Immigrant rights groups have said they are considering legal action to restore a Texas law allowing in-state tuition rates for undocumented college st…
As Congress pushes for Medicaid cuts and new work requirements for the program, experts have warned more Tennesseans could lose their health coverage …
Pennsylvanians will rally in Harrisburg today to call attention to the urgent child care teacher shortage across the state. The Pennsylvania Child …
Ukrainians who fled the war in their home country for temporary roots in North Dakota are waiting with worry about their ability to keep working in th…
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Colla…
As food insecurity rises across the state, groups fighting hunger are highlighting the need for food that is not only nutritious, but culturally …
With the start of summer, organizations across Arkansas are ramping up programs to ensure kids have access to healthy food. The No Kid Hungry …
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Indiana now ranks 25th in the nation for child well-being, up from 27th last year. The data comes from the 2025 Kids Count Data Book by the Annie E…
A new public service announcement spotlights a Michigan teen, in and out of foster homes, who was adopted after a holiday visit turned into a …
By Enrique Saenz for Mirror Indy.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Indiana News Service reporting for the Mirror Indy-Free Press Indiana-Public News …
Buy-in on Montana's first state-funded early literacy program has been lower than expected in its first year of operation and a school administrator g…
CORRECTION: The name of the spokesperson from the Center for Law and Social Policy is Suzanne Wikle. She had been incorrectly identified as Suzanne …
A new report finds Maryland spends more on each child in preschool than nearly every other state but still falls short of certain preschool quality st…
CLARIFICATION: The grant from Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is helping to keep program staff employed. An earlier version of the …
Violence prevention groups said building trust in vulnerable neighborhoods is key to their success but a global humanitarian organization worries abou…
Florida State University students joined survivors of past mass shootings at the state Capitol this week, demanding that Gov. Ron DeSantis veto a …
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A Montana-based Indigenous advocacy group said it is increasing membership this year in a new way, with a traveling conference. Western Native Voice …
The FBI has said it will add resources in 10 states including New Mexico to tackle unresolved crimes, with a focus on those related to missing and …
Protections for Indigenous rock art in Wyoming are in limbo after state lawmakers and the Trump administration took potentially conflicting actions re…
Advocates for juvenile justice reform in Washington are celebrating the passage of House Bill 1815. The law redefines "prison riot" and lets judges …
Two bills aimed at reforming the juvenile justice system in Illinois are close to becoming law. Senate Bill 1784 proposes raising the age of …
A new report examined differences in state juvenile justice system financing, looking at how local control can improve outcomes. The report…
A groundbreaking radio show from the early 1990s is returning this weekend in Arkansas. The PHAT LIP! You(th)Talk Radio show will be back on the …
As reports show the Trump administration is considering raising taxes on wealthy Arkansans to pay for its priorities, a new study from American …
Reports the Trump administration has considered taxing wealthy Marylanders to pay for mass deportations and other priorities come on the heels of a ne…
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Ahead of Mother's Day, one Kentucky middle-school student has received recognition for honoring his grandmother in a "Grandparent of the Year" essay …
As Ohio approaches National Foster Care Month in May, one family's journey highlights how therapeutic foster care can change lives. A 12-year-old …
At Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will see relatives who may be on the other side of the political divide for the first time since the election …
A handful of Montana bills pushing for partisan judicial elections as part of a broader movement in the state were defeated this month. Montana law …
Tomorrow's Wisconsin Supreme Court election is now the most expensive judicial race in American history and a new report said ironically, one of the …
Outside groups spent more than $45 million in congressional races across the Commonwealth, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. It's …
By Ilana Newman for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Kathleen Shannon for Big Sky Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaborati…
A Mississippi judge has ruled the State Legislature is not a "public body" under the state's Open Meetings Act, a decision allowing lawmakers to hold …
A former community organizer and newly-elected lawmaker is responding to the Trump administration's escalating attacks on the press with a proposed la…
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A new report commissioned by faith leaders outlines the high moral stakes at play as the Trump administration pushes to cut federal programs to pay fo…
By Wesley Brown for the Arkansas Delta Informer.Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Arkansas News Service reporting for The Arkansas Delta Informer-Wi…
Recent federal executive orders have left many organizations in Ohio navigating uncertainty, particularly when it comes to funding for essential …
The holiday season is here and households in North Dakota and elsewhere might encounter sensitive conversations about lending money to a loved one in …
An event in Phoenix today will celebrate and highlight the power of collective giving in the Grand Canyon State. Ilyasah N. Shabazz, senior …
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Century 21 had raised more than $30 million. The correct amount is more than $3…
CLARIFICATION: The term "death rates" has been replaced with "number of deaths" to more accurately describe this measure. And Ms. Butler is a co-…
A version of this report originally appeared on The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Emily Scott for Arkansas News Service for the Public News Servic…
A new report found Texas likely undercounted the number of people who actually live in the state when gathering information for the 2020 census…
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