Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Alabama is running out of time to tackle Medicaid expansion this legislative session.
More than 230 people gathered earlier this month with the …
Alabama is one of 14 states opting out of the 2024 summer electronic benefit program. As summer rolls around, there will be no programs in place to …
Friday, May 3, 2024
As Children's Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off in Arkansas, an expert said parents can help their children have a healthy brain to thrive…
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Consumer groups are claiming big grocery retailers such as Kroger and Walmart have been unfairly raising prices, both during the pandemic and now…
Thursday, May 2, 2024
A new report shows Black girls are enduring disproportionate discipline, sexual harassment and public humiliation from school-based police and …
The 2024 Alzheimer's Association annual report forecasts a doubling of Americans age 65 and older living with dementia - from 7 million to 14 million …
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule to close a significant loophole in coal ash disposal regulations.
The Coal Combustion …
By Marianne Dhenin for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Shanteya Hudson for Georgia News Connection reporting for the YES! Media/Public News …
After the Biden administration released a new rule setting standards to limit exposure to silica dust, advocates in Kentucky and around Appalachia …
A new website aims to help Kentuckians just out of prison re-enter their communities and find job training, employment and recovery services…
Leaders of a teachers' union in Louisiana are voicing concerns about a package of bills they say would have the effect of dissolving labor unions in t…
In a 2023 survey, 66% of teachers -- compared with 39% of adults in other fields -- said they were unsatisfied with their starting salary. When …
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Friday, May 3, 2024
As part of an effort to restore the Mississippi River delta, an organization is collaborating with nature to address environmental challenges…
Mississippi prisons often lack resources to treat people who are incarcerated with substance-use disorders adequately but a nonprofit organization is …
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
For active-duty service members and veterans eyeing a college degree, the march to academic success just got easier. The University of North Carolina …
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
A new report reveals that investing in rural areas can improve essential resources for the people living there. Despite a significant rural …
Friday, May 3, 2024
Studies show suicide is a serious public health problem, claiming more than 48,000 lives each year in the nation.
A new initiative from the Zero …
Wildlife advocates are calling on the Biden administration to tighten regulations protecting right whales in the North Atlantic following a series of …
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Grassroots organizations are sounding the alarm about Tennessee's new law allowing teachers and other school employees to carry guns.
Gov. Bill Lee …
A Knoxville-based environmental group is advocating for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expansion, currently awaiting House approval…
Friday, May 3, 2024
Virginia advocates believe more can be done to make higher education accessible to incarcerated people.
Only a handful of community colleges partner …
The long-delayed Farm Bill could benefit Virginia farmers by renewing funding for climate-smart investments, but it's been held up for months in …
The Blackwater River, which flows more than 30 miles through West Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, ranks among the top 10 most endangered rivers in …
The Biden administration has denied approval for a project to build more than 200 miles of road in the Alaskan wilderness. On this Earth Day…
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