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A flatbed truck carrying round hay bales across a dry Virginia farm beneath the Blue Ridge.

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Virginia Opens 30-Day Hay Transport Waiver as Drought Bites

Virginia’s 30-day over-width hay transport waiver begins Oct. 1 as a 500,000-ton drought-driven shortfall strains livestock farms. The emergency eases hauling rules while preserving weight limits and activating price protections.

An empty technical training classroom with workbenches, tools and electrical equipment.

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Massachusetts Sets Sept. 25 Deadline for Short-Term Pell Programs

Sep 25, 2026

Reinforced residential roof under construction in a Louisiana coastal neighborhood

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Louisiana Directs $100 Million to Stronger Roofs

Sep 25, 2026

Generic electronic vapor devices and unbranded liquid bottles beside a calculator and blank receipt roll on a retail counter.

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South Carolina Opens 5-Cent Vape Tax Registration

Sep 25, 2026

An empty statehouse committee hearing room with microphones and document folders on a polished wood table.

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Rhode Island Narrows First Inspector General Search to 3

Sep 25, 2026

Fresh asphalt, road rollers and safety cones on a Pennsylvania highway work zone against wooded hills at dawn.

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Pennsylvania Starts 79 Road Projects Across 44 Counties

Sep 25, 2026

An empty Oregon high school classroom with desks, binders and an unlabeled progress chart in soft Pacific Northwest light.

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Oregon Audit Finds 1 of 8 School-Grant Fixes Complete

Sep 25, 2026

An open blank workbook, pencils, headphones and a globe on a classroom table in an Indiana school.

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Indiana Schools Face Sept. 30 Deadline for $10.77M English-Learner Grants

Sep 25, 2026

A calculator, blank loan papers and a plain envelope on a kitchen table with a muted Illinois city skyline in the distance.

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Illinois Orders Nearly $128,000 Back to Student-Loan Borrowers

Sep 25, 2026

Car keys and blank loan papers beside an unbranded vehicle in tropical daylight

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Hawaii Auto-Loan Settlement Offers Nearly $945,000 in Consumer Relief

Sep 25, 2026

An illustrative rural agriculture classroom with crop trays, tools and prairie fields visible outside.

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North Dakota Names Agriculture Teacher 2027 Teacher of the Year

Sep 25, 2026

Infrastructure repair work along a small commercial street in the western North Carolina mountains.

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North Carolina Awards $5 Million for Mountain Business Infrastructure

Sep 25, 2026

Stormwater infrastructure construction beside an urban highway in Syracuse

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New York Awards $143.5 Million I-81 Stormwater Contract

Sep 25, 2026

Municipal drinking-water infrastructure in southern New Mexico

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New Mexico Sets 3 Days of Sunland Park Water Consultations

Sep 25, 2026

A roadside traffic camera above a Connecticut road in early autumn

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Connecticut Sets 21-Day Limit on Police Plate-Camera Data

Sep 25, 2026

Corn harvest equipment loads grain into a truck beside a diesel tank on rural Nebraska farmland.

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Nebraska Grants 90-Day Diesel Relief, 25% Weight Increase

Sep 25, 2026

Students walking through a desert-landscaped public university campus in Arizona beneath clear morning skies.

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Arizona Residents Reach 69.4% of U of A Freshman Class

Sep 25, 2026

Center-pivot irrigation, greenhouses and poultry houses connected to utility lines on an Alabama farm at sunrise.

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Alabama Opens 3-Year Utility-Tax Exemption for 4 Farm Uses

Sep 25, 2026

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