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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.

ME: Nuclear Waste

Nuclear waste from the Yankee nuclear power plant and other sources could roll through Maine under a measure coming up for a vote in the U.S. House. (USNRDC)
More Radioactive Waste to Make Its Way Through Maine?

WISCASSET, Maine -- Environmental groups have a warning for the nation's leaders: Haste will make more waste. A House vote could come soon on …

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Environmental groups in New England were among 50 that signed a letter opposing plans to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. (NRDC)
New England "Green Groups" Oppose House Plan to Revive Nuke Dump Plan

AUGUSTA, Maine -- A bill reviving plans to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste thousands of miles by road, rail and barge may come up …

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