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How a community campaign is cleaning up rubber mulch playgrounds in La Crosse
Emerson Playground in La Crosse, Wisconsin, before rubber chips were replaced. (Photo courtesy of Jamie O’Neill) It seems like an environmentally friendly way to keep automobile tires out of landfills:…
6 new laws that will increase Jeff Landry’s power as Louisiana governor
Jeff Landry speaks to reporters after qualifying for the governor’s race Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at the Louisiana State Archives building in Baton Rouge. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Louisiana’s powerful governor…
GOP divide, Democratic meddling fuel outside spending on Colorado’s U.S. House primaries
(Getty Images) Battles between wealthy conservative donors and far-right extremists over the future of the Republican Party — and at least one controversial effort by a Democratic group to give…
NC online sports gambling losses continue to mount
The author says North Carolina’s foray into sports gambling has led to predictably bad results. (Photo: Getty Images/bluecinema) The post NC online sports gambling losses continue to mount appeared first…
In rural Pennsylvania, crypto mining offers a lifeline for dying gas wells
Diversified Production’s crypto mining operation at Longhorn Pad A in Elk County (Audrey Carleton/Capital and Main) Holly May first heard the roaring noise during a youth hunting event on state…
Stockard on the Stump: Secretary of State guarantees Trump will be on Tennessee ballot
This convicted felon is coming to a ballot near you in November: state Republicans lean on federal law to back former President Donald Trump. (Photo: John Partipilo) Tennessee Secretary of…
For some rural communities, a stripped-down hospital is better than none at all
Martin County General Hospital in Williamston, N.C., sits abandoned in April 2024 after being closed in August 2023. Hospital leaders are consulting with state and federal officials about the possibility…
Report: nearly half of Tennessee households don’t earn enough to meet basic expenses
A report from the United Way of Tennessee shows that nearly half of Tennesseans cannot afford the basic costs of living. (Getty Images) Nearly half of all Tennessee working families…
White nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity on the rise, annual hate report shows
One of the hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” who marched during the “Unite the Right” rally Aug. 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Southern Poverty…