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SD public defense duties shift from counties to state; SCOTUS appears skeptical of restricting government communications with social media companies; Trump lawyers say he can't make bond; new scholarships aim to connect class of 2024 to high-demand jobs.

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The SCOTUS weighs government influence on social media, and who groups like the NRA can do business with. Biden signs an executive order to advance women's health research and the White House tells Israel it's responsible for the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

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Midwest regenerative farmers are rethinking chicken production, Medicare Advantage is squeezing the finances of rural hospitals and California's extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it's time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains.

VA: Media Reform

Media consolidation hit rural America harder during the pandemic, as there are now fewer news outlets to cover big stories like the COVID-19 pandemic. (Adobe Stock)
Media Coverage of COVID Underserves Rural Communities

COVID has been in and out of the news cycle for over two years now, but that news cycle is driven by the experience in major cities. Coverage of the …

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A new survey shows Black and Latino students in Virginia are twice as likely as white students not to have a computer in the home. (Adobe stock)
Survey Reveals Major Barriers to Online Learning for VA Students

RICHMOND, Va. -- With Virginia students about to return to online classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report shows one-in-five-5 K-12 and …

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Tronc reporters are hoping for a seat at the table in negotiating with possible future owners. (Pixabay)
Tronc Journalists in VA File for Union Recognition

NORFOLK, Va. – Reporters wary of uncertainty at the Daily Press in Newport News and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk have announced plans to form …

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The Institute for Local Self-Reliance predicts that, for the 129 million Americans who have access to just one Internet provider, those monopolies will have greater power with the repeal of net neutrality. (Pixabay)
Post Net Neutrality, Many Look to Municipal ISPs

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Federal Communications Commission vote to kill net neutrality has some communities looking to create or expand cheap, open …

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FCC critics fear that without net neutrality, Internet service providers would be able to pick which websites and services would be available to consumers. (Pixabay)
Protests of FCC Net-Neutrality Moves Planned in VA, D.C,.

RICHMOND, Va. – Protesters are gathering in hundreds of cities and towns across the nation beginning Thursday to show support for a free and …

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Alexei Wood is the only journalist still facing felony charges after being swept up in the arrests of rioters at President Donald Trump's inauguration. (Alexei Wood/Youtube)
Civic Rights, Free Speech at Issue in Photojournalist’s Felony Trial

RICHMOND, Va. – Press groups and photojournalist Alexei Wood say there are troubling implications to Wood's trial on charges of multiple …

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Nearly 40 percent of rural Virginians do not have access to high speed Internet at home. (Pixabay)
Rural Virginia Could Miss Out on Internet Speed Under FCC Plan

RICHMOND, Va. – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to redefine broadband by lowering the standard for speed, a move …

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The FCC is accepting public comments on its plan to revoke net neutrality protections through Monday. (Pixabay)
Researcher: Net Neutrality Rollback Claims Based on Biased Study

RICHMOND, Va. – As the Federal Communications Commission considers reversing net neutrality, researchers say a key assumption for the move does …

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New research casts doubt on claims that social-media
Research: Fake News Doesn't Have Big Impact

RICHMOND, Va. – Despite claims by some politicians, fake news, social media and search algorithms don't sway public opinion, according to a …

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Computer scientists have created a program that can take the nation's political pulse in real time, using Twitter. (Twitter/Dan Heyman)
New Kind of Polling: What Can the Tweets Tell Us?

RICHMOND, Va. -- Americans have learned a lot about how Donald Trump feels about people through Twitter. But how do Twitter users feel about Donald …

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A win in federal court for consumers, say advocates of net neutrality. (Greg Stotelmyer)
Federal Court Backs FCC's Treatment of Internet as Utility

WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a …

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PHOTO: Tom Wheeler (center), chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is seeking to regulate the Internet as a utility. Photo courtesy Federal Communications Commission.
New FCC Regulations Could Boost Internet for Rural Virginians

RICHMOND, Va. - Internet use in Virginia and across the nation soon may be regulated as a utility. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom …

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