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Hundreds marched across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the No Kings day rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
The line of people seeking assistance at Together food pantry last November in Omaha spilled out the door. Pantries and emergency food providers across the state are bracing for additional stress and demand as changes to the SNAP public food assistance set in and nudge some recipients out. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
Dairy cows huddle at sunset on a farm in Manitowoc County. Advocates and farmers say an ICE raid that took 24 migrants into custody Sept. 25 poses a threat to the state’s dairy farms and the immigrant workers that keep the industry afloat. (Photo by Andrew Kennard/Wisconsin Examiner)
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Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, with his sidearm visible, announces that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor during a rally in Flint, Mich., on Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain, who President Donald Trump has nominated for a federal judgeship, kept his divorce records sealed for nearly a year using a new Louisiana judicial privacy law. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)