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A coalition of oil industry leaders, state officials and a U.S. senator are rallying support for the next stage of an oil field research project that could have a significant impact on North Dakota’s economic future. The research centers on enhanced oil recovery, a collection…

News North Dakota Monitor · 2 weeks ago

When Casey Westlake had her first mammogram around a year ago, she was told everyone gets called back in. So when she was asked to stop by for another round of imaging, she knew not to panic. After that, however, Westlake got called in for a biopsy. “I opened the biopsy results…

News Iowa Capital Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

Plus: Social security recipients will see an increase and Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 funding wants to encourage regionalization.

News Connecticut Mirror · 2 weeks ago

President Donald Trump has a flurry of travel on deck in the final frantic weeks leading up to the end of the midterm elections.

News New Jersey Monitor · 2 weeks ago

After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter…

News Maine Morning Star · 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON — More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese immigrants are bracing for the possibility they’ll lose their humanitarian protections by Monday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has not indicated if he will renew protections for Ukrainians, who…

News Maine Morning Star · 2 weeks ago

Federal officials intercepted a “suspicious package” addressed to Oregon’s election office before it arrived in the state, Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday. “We are not aware of any additional suspicious packages heading to Oregon, but our office and our federal…

News Oregon Capital Chronicle · 2 weeks ago

Voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter data.

News Louisiana Illuminator · 2 weeks ago

So they can stop hurting the American people.

Video Hakeem S. Jeffries on YouTube · 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON, DC [10/16/26] – Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley demanded answers from the United States Postal Service (USPS) about significant ongoing mail delivery issues in Astoria and surrounding areas. The lawmakers noted…

Press release Jeff Merkley — press releases · 2 weeks ago

SEATTLE, W.A. — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal released the following statement after her office received a suspicious package: “My office today received a suspicious package, similar to that received by Members of Congress and elections officials across the country. We… The…

Press release Pramila Jayapal — press releases · 2 weeks ago

The latest precipitation across the state still was not enough to alleviate Maine’s statewide drought, according to the Maine Drought Task Force. The task force convenes when abnormally dry conditions in the state compound with the aim of increasing communication and awareness.…

News Maine Morning Star · 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a flurry of travel on deck in the final frantic weeks leading up to the end of the midterm elections, in which the GOP is vying to maintain its control of both the U.S. House and Senate. But that outlook looks increasingly less favorable…

News Utah News Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

In a visit to Concord Friday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cast doubt on the safety of the hepatitis B vaccine but wouldn’t comment on state legislation in New Hampshire that his agency inspired. In June 2025, Kennedy fired every member of the Centers for Disease…

News New Hampshire Bulletin · 2 weeks ago

Iowa is expected to spend over $1 billion more than it raises in revenues in the current fiscal year, the Revenue Estimating Conference found Friday — but Iowa Department of Management Director Kraig Paulsen said this prediction remains in line with Republicans’ expectations…

News Iowa Capital Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

Mitchell Berman and Rebecca Cooke, the two Democrats running to unseat incumbent Republican Reps. Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden in two of the most closely watched congressional races in the country, outraised their opponents in the most recent filing period. Both Democrats…

News Wisconsin Examiner · 2 weeks ago

Federal officials are investigating letters containing an unidentified white powder that were mailed to elections offices and capitol buildings in multiple states this week, including Louisiana.

News Louisiana Illuminator · 2 weeks ago

Republican Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring sparred with Democratic challenger Vern Thompson on tariffs, the farm crisis and more during a debate recorded this week. The debate also crystallized a key difference in how the two candidates view the role of government when…

News North Dakota Monitor · 2 weeks ago

Sen. Cory Booker, the heavily favored Democratic incumbent, raised just under $1.8 million. GOP challenger Justin Murphy only brought in about $36,000.

News New Jersey Monitor · 2 weeks ago

Minnesota’s U.S. Senate candidates share a burden: each is tied to an unpopular man. That burden was on display Friday in the only scheduled debate, hosted by MPR News, between Republican Michele Tafoya and Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Tafoya would not say if she would…

News Minnesota Reformer · 2 weeks ago

The Trump administration has officially filed a request to reconsider the construction permit it issued to an offshore wind project proposed off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland.

News Maryland Matters · 2 weeks ago

Party control is up for grabs in 15 state legislative chambers across the country as Republicans are increasingly on the defensive this midterm election cycle, a new analysis found. The nonpartisan newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for…

News Wisconsin Examiner · 2 weeks ago

Video Pramila Jayapal on YouTube · 2 weeks ago

Republican Max Engling and Democrat Beau Bayh are the only candidates invited to a televised secretary of state debate set for next week.

News Indiana Capital Chronicle · 2 weeks ago

Thank you, Allison and Redwood Empire Food Bank, for the tour of your Santa Rosa food bank. You do amazing work providing food for our community. Congressional Republicans cut a record $186 billion from nutrition programs putting increased pressure on our local food banks.

Video Mike Thompson on YouTube · 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON — The No Kings movement that has brought millions to the streets across the United States three times since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term is staging its next event at the polls. Organizers across hundreds of advocacy groups will pull together…

News Alaska Beacon · 2 weeks ago

After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter…

News South Dakota Searchlight · 2 weeks ago

After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter…

News Iowa Capital Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a flurry of travel on deck in the final frantic weeks leading up to the end of the midterm elections, in which the GOP is vying to maintain its control of both the U.S. House and Senate. But that outlook looks increasingly less favorable…

News South Dakota Searchlight · 2 weeks ago

The LSU Board of Supervisors Friday approved the creation of the Prosperity Institute, a research center in its business college that the founding donor hopes will definitively prove the superiority of capitalism. Roger Ogden, a New Orleans real estate developer and former LSU…

News Louisiana Illuminator · 2 weeks ago