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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.

Veronica Carter

Veronica was born in Santa Cruz, California and worked in radio around the northern part of the state until 2005 when she moved to the Midwest. In Chicago, she worked as an anchor and reporter at CBS Radio, WGN, and Rivet Radio before joining Public News Service. She has two boys and a girl and two dogs who think they are children too!


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