A family enters the Missouri Department of Social Services resource center in Columbia on April 18, 2023 (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent). Missouri’s backlog of unresolved child abuse and neglect cases has…
Coal mining operation based in Madrid, New Mexico in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department) Across New Mexico, there are over 15,000 areas where…
The ruling means that potential voters who register to vote in Arizona using the state-created voter registration forms will need documentation proving citizenship for the registration to be valid. (Photo…
An image of the court filing in the case. (Via New Mexico In Depth) A state judge is ordering a dark money group that paid for political advertising in support…
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights field staff member Carlos Ortiz delivered boxes of petitions to the secretary of state’s office in Columbus on July 5, 2023. Advocates behind abortion initiatives…
Government requirements and culture can make upgrading aging computer systems difficult, experts say. (Getty Images) Idaho’s state government was facing a problem. In 2018, its 86 state agencies were operating…
Farley Eaglespeaker (center) reels in a traditional hoop net while fishing for salmon on the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington on June 23, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle) This…
The halls are lined with lockers and portraits of elders at the Anna Tobeluk Memorial School in Nunapitchuk, Alaska. October 12, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) Alaska school districts…
Ruth and Tom Harkin with Drake President Marty Martin, left to right, cut the ribbon for the new Tom and Ruth Harkin Center on Drake’s campus Aug. 20, 2022. (Photo…
Farley Eaglespeaker (center) reels in a traditional hoop net while fishing for salmon on the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington on June 23, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle) This…