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CO families must sign up to get $120 per child for food through Summer EBT; No Jurors Picked on First Day of Trump's Manhattan Criminal Trial; virtual ballot goes live to inform Hoosiers; It's National Healthcare Decisions Day.

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Former president Trump's hush money trial begins. Indigenous communities call on the U.N. to shut down a hazardous pipeline. And SCOTUS will hear oral arguments about whether prosecutors overstepped when charging January 6th insurrectionists.

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Housing advocates fear rural low-income folks who live in aging USDA housing could be forced out, small towns are eligible for grants to enhance civic participation, and North Carolina's small and Black-owned farms are helped by new wind and solar revenues.

WY: Juvenile Justice

Children who are incarcerated are less likely to graduate from high school and find employment later in life. (Adobe Stock)
Report: Incarcerated Children Severely Undercounted

Nearly a quarter-million children were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2019, about five times more than annual point-in-time counts, according to a new …

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Wyoming consistently has ranked among states with the highest youth confinement rates in the nation. (Adobe Stock)
Report: COVID Funds Could Help Close School-to-Prison Pipeline

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Federal school funding in response to the global pandemic, totaling nearly $190 billion, could help districts in Wyoming and across …

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States pay on average about $90,000 a year for every youth in a juvenile facility. (Pixabay)
Study Recommends Ending Youth Incarceration

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Kids should not be kept behind bars - that's the message of a new report examining the ineffectiveness of youth prisons in …

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A new report criticizes Wyoming's policy for solitary confinement of juveniles. markrhiggins/iStock
Wyoming Criticized for Solitary-Confinement Policy

CHEYENNE, Wy. - Wyoming is one of 10 states that allows indefinite solitary confinement for children in the juvenile-justice system, according to a …

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