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After spending 20 years covering the Arkansas Capitol for The Associated Press, Andrew DeMillo is taking over as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate this week. #arpx
Veteran Associated Press political reporter takes helm of Arkansas Advocate | Arkansas Advocate
After falling into his dream job covering politics 20 years ago, Andrew DeMillo embarks on a new chapter Monday as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate.
arkansasadvocate.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After spending 20 years covering the Arkansas Capitol for The Associated Press, Andrew DeMillo is taking over as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate this week. #arpx
No US House vote to extend health care subsidies, Speaker Johnson says ncnewsline.com/2025/12/16/r...
No US House vote to extend health care subsidies, Speaker Johnson says • NC Newsline
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he will not allow a floor vote this week on a bipartisan amendment supported by moderate Republicans that would extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax...
ncnewsline.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
No US House vote to extend health care subsidies, Speaker Johnson says ncnewsline.com/2025/12/16/r...
Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy
Sara had been preparing for a radio interview earlier this month to promote her plans to open an at-home child care center in Central Texas when she learned that a new federal immigration order render...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has lawyers ready if the DoD takes action against him azmirror.com/briefs/arizo...
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has lawyers ready if the DoD takes action against him | Arizona Mirror
Attorneys representing U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly said they will take “all appropriate legal action” if the Department of Defense takes any action against the Arizona Democrat.
azmirror.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has lawyers ready if the DoD takes action against him azmirror.com/briefs/arizo...
Federal judge orders Iranian bodybuilder’s release from New Mexico jail sourcenm.com/briefs/feder...
Federal judge orders Iranian bodybuilder’s release from New Mexico jail • Source New Mexico
A federal judge ordered the release of Hamid Ziaei who has been held at Torrance County Detention Facility.
sourcenm.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Federal judge orders Iranian bodybuilder’s release from New Mexico jail sourcenm.com/briefs/feder...
Iowa farmers say the end of federal health care tax credits will hit their budgets iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/15/i...
Iowa farmers say the end of federal health care tax credits will hit their budgets • Iowa Capital Dispatch
IFU members said the decision to end enhanced tax credits related to the Affordable Care Act will negatively impact farm and rural economies.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Iowa farmers say the end of federal health care tax credits will hit their budgets iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/15/i...
Court records detail outrage among Kirk supporters over teacher’s comments iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/15/c...
Court records detail outrage among Kirk supporters over teacher's comments • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Hundreds of supporters of murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk called on an Iowa school district to fire a teacher who criticized Kirk.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Court records detail outrage among Kirk supporters over teacher’s comments iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/15/c...
Ohio farmers see one-year, 74% loss in Chinese sales due largely to Trump tariffs, report shows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/o...
Ohio farmers see one-year, 74% loss in Chinese sales due largely to Trump tariffs, report shows • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump's trade war is largely responsible for Ohio farmers' loss of 74% of their sales to China, a new report says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ohio farmers see one-year, 74% loss in Chinese sales due largely to Trump tariffs, report shows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/o...
How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/16/h...
How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths • New Hampshire Bulletin
Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder...
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/16/h...
Veteran Associated Press political reporter takes helm of Arkansas Advocate arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/15/v...
Veteran Associated Press political reporter takes helm of Arkansas Advocate | Arkansas Advocate
After falling into his dream job covering politics 20 years ago, Andrew DeMillo embarks on a new chapter Monday as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate.
arkansasadvocate.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Veteran Associated Press political reporter takes helm of Arkansas Advocate arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/15/v...
About 130,000 Alabamians at risk of losing health care without ACA tax credits alabamareflector.com/2025/12/16/1...
About 130,000 Alabamians at risk of losing health care without ACA tax credits | Alabama Reflector
About 130,000 Alabamians could lose health care coverage or pay significantly higher premiums at the start of 2026 after Congress failed to pass an extension on tax credits for Affordable Care Act (AC...
alabamareflector.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
About 130,000 Alabamians at risk of losing health care without ACA tax credits alabamareflector.com/2025/12/16/1...
North Carolina Supreme Court delay on key education case draws criticism from advocates ncnewsline.com/2025/12/15/n...
North Carolina Supreme Court delay on key education case draws criticism from advocates • NC Newsline
The Leandro school-funding case has been stalled at the North Carolina Supreme Court for more than 600 days.
ncnewsline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
North Carolina Supreme Court delay on key education case draws criticism from advocates ncnewsline.com/2025/12/15/n...
Rhode Island Blood Center reports record donations after Brown University shooting rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/r...
Rhode Island Blood Center reports record donations after Brown University shooting • Rhode Island Current
Donations to the Rhode Island Blood Center have hit record highs in the days after the mass shooting at Brown University. But the nonprofit leaders say they still need more donations, and are asking f...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Rhode Island Blood Center reports record donations after Brown University shooting rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/r...
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds ncnewsline.com/2025/12/15/r...
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds • NC Newsline
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Acts, a new analysis finds.
ncnewsline.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds ncnewsline.com/2025/12/15/r...
Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment missouriindependent.com/2025/12/15/m...
Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment • Missouri Independent
A new report reveals an online campaign, likely originating from China, aimed at discrediting Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway.
missouriindependent.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment missouriindependent.com/2025/12/15/m...
A larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants, including in Oklahoma, have no criminal record oklahomavoice.com/2025/12/15/r...
A larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants, including in Oklahoma, have no criminal record • Oklahoma Voice
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month. But, rather than the convicted criminals the administration ha...
oklahomavoice.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants, including in Oklahoma, have no criminal record oklahomavoice.com/2025/12/15/r...
Measles spreads in waiting rooms, so call ahead instead of walking in, health officials say utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/11/m...
Measles spreads in waiting rooms, so call ahead instead of walking in, health officials say • Utah News Dispatch
Measles is spreading to more people and more parts of Utah, with 115 people diagnosed statewide, the state epidemiologist said.
utahnewsdispatch.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Measles spreads in waiting rooms, so call ahead instead of walking in, health officials say utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/11/m...
Missouri doctors warn CDC vaccine change could put newborns at risk for Hepatitis B missouriindependent.com/2025/12/12/m...
Missouri doctors warn CDC vaccine change could put newborns at risk for Hepatitis B • Missouri Independent
Missouri doctors warn new CDC recommendations that parents wait to vaccinate newborns against Hepatitis B could create more risk for infection.
missouriindependent.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Missouri doctors warn CDC vaccine change could put newborns at risk for Hepatitis B missouriindependent.com/2025/12/12/m...
Backlash intensifies after Indiana Senate kills Trump’s mid-decade congressional redistricting push indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/12/b...
Backlash intensifies after Indiana Senate kills Trump’s mid-decade congressional redistricting push • Indiana Capital Chronicle
A day after the Indiana Senate rejected a mid-decade redistricting proposal, warnings of political and financial retaliation escalated.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Backlash intensifies after Indiana Senate kills Trump’s mid-decade congressional redistricting push indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/12/b...
Wisconsin elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/12/e...
Elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin Elections Commission denied a demand from the U.S. Department of Justice for voters' personal identifying information.
wisconsinexaminer.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wisconsin elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/12/e...
New Jersey lawmakers take first step in banning ICE agents from wearing masks newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/12/n...
Lawmakers take first step in banning ICE agents from wearing masks • New Jersey Monitor
The bill would largely bar law enforcement from wearing masks, and is aimed at ICE agents. The feds call it unconstitutional.
newjerseymonitor.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New Jersey lawmakers take first step in banning ICE agents from wearing masks newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/12/n...
An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record stateline.org/2025/12/12/a...
An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record • Stateline
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month. But, rather than the convicted criminals the administration ha...
stateline.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record stateline.org/2025/12/12/a...
Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses chief justice’s appeal of HR report alleging harassment arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/11/a...
Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses chief justice's appeal of HR report alleging harassment | Arkansas Advocate
Chief Justice Karen Baker and Administrative Office of the Courts Director Marty Sullivan agreed that the court did not have jurisdiction over the matter.
arkansasadvocate.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses chief justice’s appeal of HR report alleging harassment arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/11/a...
Senate Republicans in Indiana reject Trump’s plea for gerrymandered maps indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/11/s...
Senate Republicans reject Trump's plea for gerrymandered maps • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The Republican-dominated Indiana Senate voted 19-31 on Thursday against redrawing the state’s congressional districts — spurning months of demands from President Donald Trump. The final outcome remain...
indianacapitalchronicle.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Senate Republicans in Indiana reject Trump’s plea for gerrymandered maps indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/11/s...
Questionable testing waivers put KY’s licensing of optometrists under scrutiny kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/11/q...
Questionable testing waivers put KY's licensing of optometrists under scrutiny • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky relaxed licensing standards for almost two dozen new optometrists, triggering alarm from a national optometry board and state lawmaker.
kentuckylantern.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Questionable testing waivers put KY’s licensing of optometrists under scrutiny kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/11/q...