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The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules designed to improve the reliability of Next Generation 911 systems as states continue replacing decades-old emergency call infrastructure with internet-base...
Read article →Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson decision — which allowed governments to enforce public camping bans without violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishm...
Read article →A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting gran...
Read article →When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae just days after a $15 million renovation, the U.S. government scrambled for chemicals and expensive technical solutions to fix the iconic landmark. Try...
Read article →WASHINGTON — Republicans have one more opportunity to use the complex process they relied on to enact their “big, beautiful” law and provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement — a chanc...
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 →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 →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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