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The most important stories are often the ones that never trend nationally — a Mississippi town rebuilding two years after a devastating tornado, a Kansas newspaper whose offices were raided by its own police, and a Baltimore program selling vacant homes for $1. Trill News covers local news, small towns, and community stories from the places and people that mainstream media overlooks.
A recent judicial ruling nullifying U.S. Department of Justice subpoenas served on the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other state and city officials during the heat of Operation Metro Surge...
Read article →Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband were temporarily separated from their 4-year-old children after a false report was anonymously filed with Children’s Protective Services. The Michiga...
Read article →This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. At least 50 residents in Wexford County packed Monday’s meeting of the Wexford Joint Pl...
Read article →Gov. Mikie Sherrill promised to change Trenton. This year’s budget process shows that promise will be hard to keep.
Read article →Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando declared victory Friday in the Democratic primary for county executive even though votes are still being counted. Jawando has amassed roughly 40% of votes tallied so far, t...
Read article →Newark was among the cities that just won a court battle with the Trump administration over sanctuary policies for immigrants. Mayor Ras Baraka said he thinks the fight isn’t over yet.
Read article →Attorney General James Uthmeier says Roku will come into compliance with state law under a settlement of a legal complaint he filed last year. Engineering to bring the company into compliance with Florida’s Digi...
Read article →The updated FCC regulations extend reliability requirements to entities whose networks are essential to delivering NG911 calls.
Read article →WASHINGTON — Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 c...
Read article →The article is published in a collaboration between the Arizona Mirror and Bolts. It’s a sweltering 105 degrees on a Sunday afternoon in June when Jillian Ryan sets out to tell voters in east Mesa that their city has ...
Read article →Throughout the state, Michigan residents have clamored for transparency and protections as large-scale data centers seek to make their home in the Great Lakes State. On Thursday, Michigan House Democrats rolled out a ...
Read article →Nevada experienced record low snowpacks across northern Nevada this winter, while summer heat and low precipitation continues to exacerbate drought in eastern Nevada. Those factors make protecting Nevada’s limited wat...
Read article →Since Kansas City stepped onto the World Cup stage this month, gun violence has repeatedly threatened to steal the spotlight. On June 6, before matches even began, a shooting that injured nine people made internationa...
Read article →Despite the pomp and circumstance of the Centennial, the summer of 1876 was a fraught and anxious period for the Republican Party.
Read article →Reprinted with permission from KAXE. BRAINERD — The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office’s cooperation with federal immigration agents continues to draw both public ire and support. Eight residents spoke during the...
Read article →Gathering on the Capitol steps Tuesday evening, Michigan lawmakers joined with residents and officials from communities across the state to demand greater local control over data center development. Michigan became a ...
Read article →Democrats pulled off a win in a special election to fill the remainder of a former Democratic state senator’s term in a race that turned out tighter than expected. Sen. Nabilah Parkes of Duluth stepped down from her s...
Read article →Blair County commissioners now have a policy outlining how they'll control spending in case of a prolonged state budget delay, a common occurrence in Harrisburg that has an outsized impact on certain government agencies.
Read article →More than 500 people filled an Eau Claire event center Saturday evening to drink old fashioneds while connecting over a collective desire to prevent “oligarchs” and big tech companies from constructing AI data centers...
Read article →Frederick has more planned hyperscale data centers than any other county in Maryland, scheduled to come online in as little as three years, prompting pushback amid local concerns that the area will soon resemble “data...
Read article →“My toilet is leaking and draining all over my floor. In the master bedroom, with an odor,” Park’s Edge resident Lanika Hester emailed to her property manager at 9:55 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. A foul-smelling su...
Read article →Community members expressed cautious optimism over the newest effort to revitalize the aging State Center Complex in Baltimore, a decades-old development challenge that has been a point of “frustration” and “opportuni...
Read article →A two-term city councilman and a state lawmaker who serves as the Nevada Democratic Party chair are among the candidates seeking to be elected the next mayor of North Las Vegas. Five candidates are running...
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