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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 9h

Some states want to help churches with shrinking congregations and aging buildings to do good with their unused land, by acting as anchors of new housing rather than as bystanders in neighborhood redevelopment: stateline.org/2025/10/14/c...

Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing? • Stateline

Yes In God’s Backyard? Some states hope so. Lawmakers see the potential for much-needed housing on church-owned land.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 1d

For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in AZ, wind in WY, hydro in WA and battery storage in CA. A new CA law could make that market a reality: stateline.org/2025/10/13/t...

The West's power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in • Stateline

For years, leaders in 11 Western states have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in Arizona, wind in Wyoming, hydro in Washington and battery stora...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 5d

Usually, states get reimbursed for federal costs they've covered once a government shutdown ends. But the Trump administration’s record of pulling funding and targeting Democratic-led states has some officials worried about what comes after this one: stateline.org/2025/10/09/t...

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. • Stateline

States are continuing to operate federally funded programs during the shutdown. But they say they can only front those costs for so long — and some are worried about getting repaid.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 6d

So-called street takeovers — which are often organized on social media and can draw hundreds of people to block intersections, highways or parking lots for stunt driving — have become increasingly dangerous and difficult to contain: stateline.org/2025/10/08/i...

Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down • Stateline

Illegal street takeovers, where drivers block roads to perform stunts, have become an increasing concern in cities across the country.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 7d

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline. stateline.org/2025/10/07/u...

US prison population rises for second straight year • Stateline

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 13d

With threats against nurses and physicians on the rise, state lawmakers and hospital officials are scrambling to put stronger protections in place. Those include increased criminal penalties, armed security guards and violence prevention plans: stateline.org/2025/10/01/d...

Doctors and nurses are punched, choked, even shot. States want to stop that. • Stateline

Health care workers make up just 10% of the American workforce but experience 48% of the nonfatal injuries from workplace violence, according to federal data. And the threat is increasing.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 14d

The traditional school bus has been undercut by national bus driver shortages, worsened by the pandemic. With states stretched thin by federal funding cuts, a pathway has opened for an industry of small-car, ride-hailing and private transport services: stateline.org/2025/09/30/s...

School ride-hailing services may be nudging aside traditional buses • Stateline

A pathway has opened for an industry of small-car, ride-hailing and private transport services to ferry children to and from school.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 15d

While iconic yellow buses might look like those of yore, school systems big and small are increasingly investing in a new wave of on-board technology: stateline.org/2025/09/29/s...

School systems are remaking the old yellow bus into a high-tech machine • Stateline

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A transplant from Miami, Anallive Calle learned her way around Kansas City from behind the wheel of a big yellow school bus. The tablet near the dash provides turn-by-turn direction...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 18d

The wave of firings that has swept through academia and government in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death is being partly driven by GOP elected officials, who are encouraging Americans to report co-workers, their children’s teachers and others: stateline.org/2025/09/26/r...

Republican push for tips on Charlie Kirk posts drives firings of public workers • Stateline

Hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Suzanne Swierc shared two thoughts on her private Facebook page — that the killing of the right-wing activist was wrong, and that his death reflected “the vio...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 22d

The Trump administration’s changes to the the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program will disqualify hundreds of thousands of locations — including homes, businesses and community buildings — from receiving internet access. stateline.org/2025/09/22/w...

Fewer households, businesses will get high-speed internet under revamped federal plan • Stateline

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses without internet access will not receive it.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 25d

A new Trump administration rule bars DACA immigrants from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces - reversing a policy Biden enacted less than a year ago: stateline.org/2025/09/19/b...

Biden offered health insurance access to DACA immigrants. Trump took it away. • Stateline

A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketpla...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 26d

As the Trump administration demands that states turn over voter data, some Republican state officials are pushing back: stateline.org/2025/09/18/s...

Some Republican states resist DOJ demand for private voter data • Stateline

When the U.S. Department of Justice asked Kansas Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab to turn over a copy of his state’s full voter list, including sensitive personal data, he responded with gra...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 27d

At least 17 states have taken steps to ensure broader access to the COVID-19 vaccine since the feds restricted eligibility. Together, the moves represent an extraordinary state rebellion against the public health authority of the federal government: stateline.org/2025/09/17/m...

More states protect access to the COVID shot as feds restrict eligibility • Stateline

Governors' orders to make the COVID-19 vaccine available represent an extraordinary state rebellion against the public health authority of the federal government.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 28d

As Trump wages an all-out assault on offshore wind projects, state leaders face a dilemma: Do they pull the plug on offshore wind? Or do they double down on their investments, in hopes of helping the industry rebound after Trump leaves office? stateline.org/2025/09/16/t...

Trump has crushed offshore wind plans, but states haven’t quite given up hope • Stateline

As President Donald Trump wages an all-out assault on offshore wind projects, state leaders face a dilemma: Do they pull the plug on offshore wind and look for other ways to meet their fast-growing en...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 29d

Fatal accidents in MI and AZ this year have thrown a spotlight on the largely unregulated world of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. A treatment once primarily confined to hospitals, it has surged in popularity in alternative health spaces in recent years: stateline.org/2025/09/15/d...

Deaths prompt state lawmakers to consider new hyperbaric oxygen therapy rules • Stateline

The deaths of two people, one of them a child, have thrown a spotlight on the largely unregulated world of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 12

President Donald Trump’s trade war, aggressive immigration enforcement and talk of making their country the 51st state has offended many Canadians. Tourism hubs from Hawaii to New York are reeling from a decrease in Canadian visitors: stateline.org/2025/09/12/t...

Turned off by Trump rhetoric, Canadians cancel trips. New England pays the price. • Stateline

Across Northeastern states, business owners and state officials have labored to maintain key economic connections with Canada despite the rhetoric coming out of the White House

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 11

‘More than anything, I’m tired of being called a criminal here.’ More immigrants without legal status are finding it easier to seek opportunities in other countries than to stay in the U.S. amid threats of detention and deportation: stateline.org/2025/09/11/u...

Under pressure, some immigrants are leaving American dreams behind • Stateline

An increasing number of immigrants without legal status are finding it easier to seek opportunities in other countries than to stay in the U.S. amid threats of detention and deportation.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 10

NE Kansas City sits comfortably inside Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, which encompasses much of the city and the surrounding metro area. A new redistricting plan would crack the city’s urban core into three districts, worrying residents: stateline.org/2025/09/09/o...

One urban crossroad, 3 new districts: Kansas City braces for Missouri gerrymander • Stateline

A congressional redistricting plan has set off a bitter political battle in Missouri that’s left many in Kansas City feeling angry and dismissed.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 9

There is growing state interest in regulating proposition bets, commonly called prop bets, a form of sports betting that is popular with fans but worrisome for sports leagues and state officials nationwide: stateline.org/2025/09/09/w...

Wagers on touchdowns, strikeouts and even penalties: States eye limits on prop bets • Stateline

As legal sports betting continues to expand across the country, states are increasingly scrutinizing proposition betting — such as wagering on how many touchdowns a certain quarterback will score duri...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Pharmacies in Black and Latino neighborhoods are less likely to dispense buprenorphine — one of the main treatments for opioid use disorder — even though people of color are more likely to die from opioid overdoses: stateline.org/2025/09/08/m...

Many Black, Latino people can't get opioid addiction med. Medicaid cuts may make it harder. • Stateline

Pharmacies in Black and Latino neighborhoods are less likely to dispense buprenorphine — one of the main treatments for opioid use disorder — even though people of color are more likely to die from op...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Big Beautiful Bill will likely force more than half the states to reduce payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients, a change critics warn will be particularly harmful to rural hospitals struggling to stay afloat: stateline.org/2025/09/05/t...

Trump’s new law will limit payments to hospitals that treat low-income patients • Stateline

President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending law will likely force more than half the states to reduce payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients.

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trump’s decision to put the National Guard on the streets of LA and DC in recent months and his threat to send them into other major cities have sparked a nationwide fight over the proper role of the Army’s and Air Force’s primary combat reserve force: stateline.org/2025/09/04/g...

Governors split over mobilizing National Guard as Trump seeks more troops • Stateline

As President Donald Trump expands his mobilization of National Guard troops to U.S. cities, Republican and Democratic governors are taking very different approaches to using their state Guard members ...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 3

More police agencies, from big-city departments to federal agencies, are lowering education standards for new recruits — a sign of how much the profession is changing as it struggles to recruit and retain officers: stateline.org/2025/09/03/p...

Police agencies lower education standards as staffing shortages persist • Stateline

More police agencies, from big-city departments to federal agencies, are lowering education standards for new recruits — a sign of how much the profession is changing as it struggles to recruit and re...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 3

CA, OR and WA said Wednesday they are forming an alliance to coordinate vaccine recommendations for their states. Meanwhile, Florida announced plans to become the first state to phase out all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren: stateline.org/2025/09/03/a...

As Florida plans to end all vaccine mandates, Western states form vaccine alliance • Stateline

The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington said Wednesday they are forming an alliance to coordinate vaccine recommendations for their states.Meanwhile, Florida announced plans to b...

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sgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in WA, arresting two firefighters. Many believe leaders played a key role in handing over the firefighters to immigration authorities: stateline.org/2025/08/31/f...

Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid • Stateline

Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.

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