North Dakota State

Oil pump jacks operate against a backdrop of western North Dakota near Killdeer on Feb. 1, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) A search committee to find the next director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources on Friday selected two finalists. The finalists, Nathan Anderson and Kevin Connors, both...

Finalists named to be North Dakota’s top oil regulator

Oklahoma State

Kay County, OK

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Kay County woman cannot be tried for child neglect for using medical marijuana with a license while pregnant, the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. Thursday’s 3-2 decision was written by Presiding Judge Scott Rowland, who suggested the Legislature address the issue. Amanda...

Oklahoma woman can’t be tried for legal use of marijuana while pregnant, court rules

New Jersey State

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Connecticut State

The Shy Green

Big news hitting the grocery scene: Stop & Shop is set to close 32 of its stores in five states. This move is a major shake-up for local communities across the Northeast. Here’s where the closures are happening:

A big-name grocery store is shutting down over 30 locations in five states

California State

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Broward County, FL

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Margate, FL

Edmond Thorne

MARGATE, FL. - A sophisticated lottery scam targeting vulnerable seniors across the United States has been uncovered, with a Margate man at its center. The elaborate scheme defrauded victims of approximately $9.5 million, leaving a trail of financial and emotional devastation in its wake.

Broward Man Arrested by Feds in $9.5 Million Lottery Scam: Targets Seniors Nationwide.

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Morristown Minute

A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

North Carolina State

Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Indiana State

Marion County, IN

Indianapolis, IN

Marion County, Indiana’s most populous county, became majority non-white between 2020 and 2023, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data. The consolidated city-county recorded a net loss of about 8,000 residents over that period. It gained about 7,000 Black, 5,000 Hispanic and 3,900 Asian residents but lost nearly...

Marion County becomes majority non-white

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Illinois State

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Minneapolis, MN

Rainbow Health, a Minneapolis nonprofit that serves LGBTQ and HIV-affected Minnesotans, abruptly closed its doors Thursday — stunning dozens of unionized workers who were told they no longer had a job. SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, the union that represents Rainbow Health workers, said in a release that employees...

Workers seek answers after Minneapolis’ Rainbow Health abruptly shuts down

CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

Georgia State

Dublin, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice have announced that a 42-year-old man from Dublin, Georgia, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

The North Carolina Justice Center has received final court approval for a $5.75 million settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against one of the nation’s largest debt buyers, Portfolio Recovery Associations (PRA). The lawsuit, which was filed in 2016, alleged that PRA violated North Carolina debt collection law...

North Carolina consumers score court win against one of nation’s largest debt-buyers

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Villisca, IA

Fires burned 10 former chicken confinement buildings near Villisca in June 2023. (Photo by Brian Hamman/courtesy of Iowa DNR) Three people have agreed to pay $10,000 apiece for burning 10 chicken confinement buildings near Villisca in southwest Iowa last year without proper approval, according to Iowa Department of Natural Resources orders.

Two more fined for massive chicken confinement fires

Storm Lake, IA

Back in the good ol’ days, when everything was more wholesome, Storm Lake was an abortion center. Dr. James Alva Swallum was The City Beautiful’s most prominent physician, founding a hospital on the lakeshore with other local doctors called Swallum Hospital. It is now the site of Methodist Manor Retirement Community.

Storm Lake has a complicated history with abortion

NewsBreak

Starion Bank CEO selected as next Bank of North Dakota president

Don Morgan, president and CEO of Starion Bank, interviews to become president of the Bank of North Dakota with the Industrial Commission on July 2, 2024....

Starion Bank CEO selected as next Bank of North Dakota president

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