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Books by Toni Morrison are among those pulled from school libraries in Rutherford County. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

Tennessee Lookout

‘Literally heartbreaking as a librarian’ 150 titles pulled from Rutherford County school libraries

Kurtis Watkins at Jefferson City Correctional Center on Feb. 6 (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent).

Missouri Independent

A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison, but the jury never heard about the officer’s past

A storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

NC Newsline

Building codes led North Carolina to lose out on $70M in disaster prep funds, state says

Al Chandler, a pastor and superintendent of the only private school in Graves County, told the Lantern he does not think his Christian school would “benefit greatly” if voters approve Amendment 2. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)

Kentucky Lantern

In West Kentucky, people like their schools, ponder ‘choice’ amendment’s implications

Kelly Armstrong, the favorite in the race for North Dakota governor, speaks at a coal industry event on Oct. 2, 2024 in Bismarck. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Monitor

North Dakota’s likely next governor would regulate his own industry, testing ethics guardrails

John Christensen on his property in Corbett, Oregon, near the Columbia River on July 17, 2024. The Christensen’s forestland is engaged in a carbon project with Forest Carbon Works. (Rian Dundon/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Banking on Oregon forests: putting forests into carbon markets to address climate change