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Hundreds of Louisiana restaurants cited, fined for not disclosing imported seafood lailluminator.com/2026/02/10/i...
Hundreds of Louisiana restaurants cited, fined for not disclosing imported seafood • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana law requires restaurants to clearly indicate when they serve imported seafood, but hundreds have failed to do so, according to a review of state enforcement data from 2025.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Trump’s Education Dept. probes Louisiana plan to boost minority college completion numbers lailluminator.com/2026/02/13/l...
Trump’s Education Dept. probes Louisiana plan to boost minority college completion numbers • Louisiana Illuminator
As Louisiana seeks to have 60% of its adults hold a college degree or credential, the Trump administration is investigating the state’s effort to increase the number of minority residents who reach th...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit azmirror.com/2026/02/13/k...
Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit
DHS Secretary Noem visits Phoenix, claims Arizona election fraud but can't provide examples as state officials rebuke false claims
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February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Kansas governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill, citing ‘numerous and significant consequences’ kansasreflector.com/2026/02/13/k...
Kansas governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill, citing ‘numerous and significant consequences' • Kansas Reflector
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a controversial bathroom bill Friday, saying the poorly drafted legislation would have far-reaching consequences.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Conservative activists want to use software with controversial origins to check NC’s voter rolls ncnewsline.com/2026/02/13/c...
Conservative activists want to use software with controversial origins to check NC’s voter rolls • NC Newsline
Conservative activists promoting controversial computer software used to challenge voters are getting a warm welcome from Republican state elections officials.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Families, caregivers plead with Missouri lawmakers to reverse governor’s disability cuts missouriindependent.com/2026/02/13/f...
Families, caregivers plead with Missouri lawmakers to reverse governor’s disability cuts • Missouri Independent
Witnesses said proposed rate reductions would force care staff to find other work and drive disabled Missourians toward institutional care.
missouriindependent.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Immigrants, employers frustrated by delays in federal system northdakotamonitor.com/2026/02/13/i...
Immigrants, employers frustrated by delays in federal system • North Dakota Monitor
Delays in the federal immigration system are creating frustration for North Dakota residents seeking legal immigration and employers who have come to depend on immigrants.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Study documents drastic mountain goat decline in Glacier National Park dailymontanan.com/2026/02/12/s...
Study documents drastic mountain goat decline in Glacier National Park • Daily Montanan
The park’s iconic alpine goat population has decreased 45% since 2008, with climate variables a big contributing factor
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February 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Oregon family detained by federal agents appear as special guests in state capitol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/11/o...
Oregon family detained by federal agents appear as special guests in state capitol • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The family’s detention drew statewide attention because they were detained while seeking urgent care for Diana’s prolonged nosebleed
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February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...
Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video
WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday, blocking the Department of Defense from downgrading Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank as a retired Navy captain for appea...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Oregon family detained by federal agents appear as special guests in state capitol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/11/o...
Oregon family detained by federal agents appear as special guests in state capitol • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The family’s detention drew statewide attention because they were detained while seeking urgent care for Diana’s prolonged nosebleed
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February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/b...
Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success • Minnesota Reformer
President Trump’s border czar announced an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge on Thursday, claiming success from the unprecedented federal incursion that brought thousands of immigration officers t...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Bill shielding SC college NIL agreements from public records law advances in the Senate scdailygazette.com/2026/02/11/b...
Bill shielding SC college NIL agreements from public records law advances in the Senate • SC Daily Gazette
Public SC colleges could continue keeping what they pay student athletes secret under legislation advancing quickly in response to a lawsuit.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
US House in bipartisan vote defies Trump, agrees to end his tariffs on Canada ncnewsline.com/2026/02/11/r...
US House in bipartisan vote defies Trump, agrees to end his tariffs on Canada • NC Newsline
The measure, passed 219-211, revokes Trump’s Feb. 1, 2025, executive order imposing tariffs on Canada. NC Rep. Greg Murphy was one of two GOP members who abstained from voting on the bill.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:28 AM
High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/11/h...
High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul • Minnesota Reformer
A high-speed car chase that involved a man and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday ended with a multi-car crash outside Nina’s Coffee Cafe in St. Paul. The man was transporte...
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Lawmakers praise, rebuke affidavit used to justify Fulton County election raid georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/11/l...
Lawmakers praise, rebuke affidavit used to justify Fulton County election raid • Georgia Recorder
Revelations from an unsealed affidavit used to justify an unexpected FBI raid on Fulton County’s elections hub quickly reverberated through Georgia’s political ecosystem, which is gearing up for a con...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Bill would allow denial of educator licenses over posts ‘celebrating’ Kirk death iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/02/11/b...
Bill would allow denial of educator licenses over posts 'celebrating' Kirk death • Iowa Capital Dispatch
While the bill specifically references speech about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, it would also apply to other cases of politically motivated violence.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Tennessee House panel kills private-school voucher transparency bill tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/11/t...
Tennessee House panel kills private-school voucher transparency bill • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Rep. Jody Barrett is sponsoring a bill to reveal family income of kids receiving state voucher funds to attend private schools.
tennesseelookout.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year stateline.org/2026/02/11/j...
Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year • Stateline
U.S. jobs increased by 130,000 in January, buoyed by hires in health care, social assistance and construction. But in another sign of anemic hiring last year during President Donald Trump's second ter...
stateline.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/11/f...
Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate • Kentucky Lantern
About 89,000 Kentuckians enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health plan for 2026, down from about 97,000 last year.
kentuckylantern.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
CoreCivic argues to overturn injunction keeping it from housing ICE detainees kansasreflector.com/2026/02/10/c...
CoreCivic argues to overturn injunction keeping it from housing ICE detainees • Kansas Reflector
CoreCivic argued Tuesday for the right to begin holding prisoners in Leavenworth, even as it's working through a local permit process.
kansasreflector.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
How one Minneapolis man is helping neighbors surveil ICE back minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/11/h...
How one Minneapolis man is helping neighbors surveil ICE back • Minnesota Reformer
When thousands of immigration agents flooded Minneapolis late last year, Garrett Guntly had an idea: a network of neighbor-owned security cameras, pointed towards public areas, that they could use to ...
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
President Biden returns to SC for 6-year anniversary of his decisive primary win scdailygazette.com/2026/02/10/p...
President Biden returns to SC for 6-year anniversary of his decisive primary win • SC Daily Gazette
South Carolina is competing with neighboring swing states to at least keep its former first-in-the-South status in 2028.
scdailygazette.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Klobuchar hits Republicans on mass exodus out of Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/10/k...
Klobuchar hits Republicans on mass exodus out of Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office • Minnesota Reformer
“If we’re going to go after fraud, losing that talent is a huge problem,” Klobuchar said, previewing the anti-fraud pitch she hopes will land her in the governor’s mansion next year.
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM