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States grapple with allowing high school athlete endorsements
In a handful of states, high school athletes have started making endorsement deals with pizza parlors, apparel companies and smartphone apps — cashing in on their status as star players. Throughout...
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Residents left behind as pandemic hurts bus companies
Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, Rochester City Lines, a family-owned commuter and charter bus company in Minnesota, was riding high. “We were set for our best year ever in 2020,”...
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Deadly bird flu sweeps states, straining farmers
Over the past three months, a highly contagious strain of bird flu has spread rapidly across the United States, infecting and killing millions of chickens, turkeys and wild birds. Experts say the...
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Romance scams continue to frustrate law enforcement
Jeanne Aikens was a widow in her late 60s when she found a new love. Or so she thought. Aikens had nursed her husband through Parkinson’s disease until his death a few years earlier, and she was ready...
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State parks across the country are trying to attract more diverse visitors
As Americans plan their summer vacations, states around the country are struggling with a persistent challenge: how to attract more Black residents and other visitors of color to their parks. The...
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New England led 13 states in a pandemic ‘baby boomlet’
New England has seen an unusual uptick in births during the coronavirus pandemic as more highly educated residents, especially those in their 30s, seized working from home as an opportunity to start a...
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Environmental concerns challenge states’ space ambitions
As companies such as SpaceX drive the growing commercial space industry, states and counties across the country are touting themselves as great places to launch satellites and other cargo into space....
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Hawaii and Maine have scored highest on health care during pandemic
The health systems in Hawaii and Maine have performed best of all the states during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new rankings that weighed such factors as vaccination rates, capacity in...
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Public defenders were scarce before COVID. It’s much worse now.
PORTLAND, Oregon — On any given day in Oregon jails, 40 or so people remain in custody without a public defender to represent them in court. Some have waited weeks for a lawyer, others have waited...
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Liberal prosecutors in conservative states vow not to enforce abortion bans
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, more than half of all states are poised to ban abortion immediately, forcing hundreds of abortion providers to close their doors....
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Supreme Court case could upend Maine’s environmental justice laws
In recent years, more states have crafted environmental justice policies to help communities of color plagued by polluted air and water, poor health outcomes and limited access to green space. But now...
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Shared power used to be the norm in statehouses. Now it’s nearly extinct.
Terry Kilgore has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1994. During that time, there have been four years in which the GOP controlled the governor’s office and both...
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Lack of rural lawyers leaves much of America without support
This is a story from Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. While the running joke may be that there are too many lawyers in the world, in many rural places in the United States...
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Maine among states trying to reverse a shortage of paramedics and EMTs
This story is from Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the...
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A slew of state proposals shows the threat of PFAS
In rivers and groundwater, in human bloodstreams and products ranging from cosmetics to food packaging to carpets, researchers are increasingly finding “forever chemicals” that don’t break down...
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Firing squads could return as states debate the death penalty
Idaho wants to bring back the firing squad. The state House last week approved a bill that would allow the execution method as an alternative to lethal injections. Idaho has had trouble getting the...
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A 4-day workweek is gaining support in more states
The Original Oyster House, billed as Pittsburgh’s oldest restaurant, found itself in crisis during the pandemic. Down to seven employees — including owner Jen Grippo and her mother — the staff worked...
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With few rentals available, states push local officials to allow more housing
In Massachusetts, where available rental apartments are scarcer than anywhere else, there’s a political battle raging over whether suburban towns should help boost the housing supply by allowing...
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If you can buy a ‘mansion,’ you can pay a tax for affordable housing, these...
Washington state lawmakers last year dedicated a record $400 million to the state’s Housing Trust Fund, which distributes loans and grants to create affordable housing. But that was only a one-time...
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New bans on panhandling in medians spark debate over free speech rights
Despite court rulings that soliciting money is protected as free speech, some cities and at least one state are considering new restrictions on panhandling in traffic medians, arguing it’s a safety...
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