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An empty, orderly foster-family bedroom with a made bed and warm morning light in Kansas

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Kansas Foster Youth Spent 870 Nights Without Placement

A court-required review found 136 Kansas foster children spent 870 nights without a licensed placement in 2025, even as the state improved screenings, crisis services and placement stability.

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Iowa Confirms 7th H5N1 Flock Detection of 2026

Sep 23, 2026

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Ninth Circuit Lifts Oregon Prison Placement Presumption

Sep 23, 2026

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Richard Glossip Retrial Set to Begin Sept. 28

Sep 23, 2026

An empty federal courtroom representing an appellate case affecting Idaho health policy.

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Ninth Circuit Weighs Idaho Abortion-Ban Health Exemptions

Sep 23, 2026

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Florida Anti-Spam Proposal Targets AI Voice Scams and Phone Farms

Sep 23, 2026

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New York Sues to Block $1.4 Billion Offshore-Wind Buybacks

Sep 23, 2026

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Frijoles Fire Reaches 78% Containment as Repair Advances

Sep 23, 2026

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Glock Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Connecticut Convertible-Pistol Ban

Sep 23, 2026

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New Jersey Fines Vineland Data Center $1.07 Million

Sep 23, 2026

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Colorado Proposition 132 Would Make Any Fentanyl Possession a Felony

Sep 23, 2026

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California Sends $886 Million in Summer Utility Credits

Sep 23, 2026

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Arkansas Classroom Display Law Reaches Federal Appeals Panel

Sep 23, 2026

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CMS Cancels 315,000 ACA Plans in Fraud Crackdown

Sep 23, 2026

The Seward Highway and Alaska Railroad follow Turnagain Arm beneath the Chugach Mountains.

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Alaska Opens Comment on $1.4 Billion Seward Highway Plan

Sep 23, 2026

A dog rests in a clean shaded Alabama yard beside a weatherproof shelter and a safe trolley-run cable.

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Alabama Dog-Tethering Standards Take Effect Oct. 1

Sep 23, 2026

Electrical transmission lines and a modern substation stretch across the open Wyoming high plains at dusk.

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Wyoming Revives Utility Competition for Large Power Users

Sep 22, 2026

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Minnesota Domestic-Violence Task Force Starts Statewide Review

Sep 22, 2026

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