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Business

Texas Adds 5,600 Jobs as Unemployment Eases to 4.4%

Texas employers added 5,600 payroll jobs in August as unemployment eased to 4.4%. The labor force grew, but the jobless rate remained above its year-earlier level, pointing to steady rather than rapid expansion.

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Business

Louisiana Adds 5,500 Jobs as Jobless Rate Falls to 4.2%

Sep 22, 2026

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Healthcare

Kentucky Directs $17 Million to Five Behavioral-Health Programs

Sep 22, 2026

Morning Briefing

Morning Briefing — Sep 22, 2026

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Tennessee Advances 10-Acre Capitol Redevelopment Search

Sep 22, 2026

Business

South Dakota Labor Force Falls 7,200 Despite 2% Jobless Rate

Sep 22, 2026

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Business

Kansas Manufacturing Expansion Adds 50 Lawrence Jobs

Sep 22, 2026

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Healthcare

Nearly 20 Iowa Schools Add Brain-Health Retreat Rooms

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Rhode Island Court Revives Solar for All Program

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

6 Indiana Governments Drop Flock Camera Contracts

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Illinois Climate Plan Projects 53% Cut Without New Action

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Pennsylvania Skill Games Face Oct. 14 Removal Deadline

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Oregon Pauses State-Land Data Center Deals Through July

Sep 22, 2026

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Business

Idaho Jobless Rate Holds as Labor Force Shrinks

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Repeated Opossum Captures Test Hawaii’s Cargo Defenses

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Inola Sets April Vote as Oklahoma Smelter Fight Deepens

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Ohio Cities Move First as State Data-Center Rules Stall

Sep 22, 2026

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Entertainment

Coroner Rules Hayden Panettiere’s Death an Accidental Overdose

Sep 22, 2026

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