Wisconsin State

Mountain View, CA

Indiana State

During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for communities across the country through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. Hoosier Energy was...

Biden-Harris administration announces $7.3 billion in rural clean energy investments

Montana State

A wind turbine stands in a cornfield in southern South Dakota on Aug. 14, 2024. (Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight) A rural electric cooperative serving South Dakotans is among 16 co-ops sharing in $7.3 billion from the federal government for clean energy projects that President Joe Biden announced Thursday in Wisconsin.

Cooperative serving South Dakota receives share of $7.3 billion for rural clean energy projects

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Emily Standley Allard

Are people getting more high maintenance or is it just me? One thing that you can't deny is that CERTAIN people require a lot more TLC and attention, on the daily and especially during trying times. This applies to both platonic relationships and romantic. We usually call these people high maintenance because, well, they usually require (or demand!) all of your efforts and then some to be satisfied. These characteristics are closely linked to their zodiac sign temperament, so read on to see who is on the list!

5 Zodiac Signs that are the Highest Maintenance and Most Demanding

Washington, DC

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NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Salem, OH

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

J. Souza

Passengers traveling on Carnival Magic were abruptly cut short of their shore excursion in Grand Turk on Monday as the cruise line issued an urgent alert due to deteriorating weather conditions linked to Hurricane Ernesto.

Carnival Cruise Line Rushes Passengers Back to Ship as Weather Worsens

The James Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building in San Francisco (Photo by Wikimedia Commons | CC-BY-SA 4.0). A three-judge federal appeals panel said that a law passed by Republicans in the Legislature to eliminate double-voting, something already illegal, violates the U.S. Constitution, siding with a federal judge in Montana who stopped the law.

Federal appeals court says Montana’s ‘double voting’ law is vague, redundant

Colorado State

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Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Today, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for failing to provide public documents requested through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing. The March 2024 FOIA request sought records related to policies allowing the release of dangerous criminal illegal aliens from U.S. prisons into the general population rather than deporting them.

FL Attorney General Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Release of Criminal Illegal Aliens

Delaware State

New Castle County, DE

New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer has benefitted from the spending of the Change Can’t Wait PAC, which has seen two six-figure donations from relatively quiet donors in Delaware. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JACOB OWENS. Last month, political action committees supporting Delaware’s candidates for governor revealed they had...

Questions surround large unexpected donations to PACs

Arizona State

Arizona Luminaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Kentucky State

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Mount Rainier, MD

Mount Rainier (Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard) Reservations are no longer required to enter Mount Rainier National Park. Now, after the park’s first summer testing a timed reservation system, it wants to hear from visitors about how it went. Those who used the reservation system can submit public comments on...

Did you use Rainier’s new reservation system this year? The park wants to hear from you.

Massachusetts State

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Georgia State

Winder, GA

A police line is put up in front of Apalachee High School after a school shooting took place on September 4, 2024 in Winder. Four fatalities and multiple injuries have been reported and a suspect is in custody according to authorities. Megan Varner/Getty Images. Need to get in touch?. Have...

Georgia, national Democratic leaders call for gun safety legislation after Apalachee High shooting

Alabama State

Derrick Dearman, convicted of the 2016 murders of five people outside Citronelle, is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17, 2024. (Alabama Department of Corrections) Alabama will attempt to conduct a sixth execution this year, which would tie the state for the most in the past 50 years. Gov. Kay...

Alabama sets sixth execution for 2024

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is implementing a new policy meant to safeguard the personal belongings of people seeking asylum in the U.S. in response to ongoing reports of Border Patrol agents tossing religious items, essential medicine and legal documents.

After years of pressure, new Border Patrol policy protects essential items like medicine, IDs, legal documents

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Kansas State

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A Denver City Council committee will consider Tuesday changing the term “feminine hygiene products” to the more inclusive “menstrual hygiene products” in city sales tax documents.

Denver considers name change for feminine hygiene products

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Biden to announce almost $600M for Dairyland Power Cooperative clean energy projects

Solar panels in Boone, Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, it will distribute $7.3 billion in grants and loans for rural...

Biden to announce almost $600M for Dairyland Power Cooperative clean energy projects

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