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An exam room inside the Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho. It is the last Planned Parenthood in the state, following funding cuts during the first Trump administration and a near-total abortion ban enacted in 2022. (Photo by Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)

News from The States

Texas advocates see familiar health care turmoil brewing as ‘defunding’ rule hits rest of the US

Sherrye Trice, middle, helps volunteers unload donations outside the Foscoe Home Team store on Sept. 10, 2025 in Banner Elk, North Carolina. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)

NC Newsline

A morning at the grocery store for Helene’s survivors

The Children's Hospital Colorado is seen in 2014 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Colorado Newsline

Funding cuts for childhood ​brain tumor research​ leave Colorado clinical trials ​in doubt

Students from St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists walk out to protest at the Minnesota State Capitol joining faith groups and gun control advocates in calling for a ban on assault weapons Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 following the mass shooting at Annunciation Church. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

Minnesota Reformer

Here’s what the data say about some common gun control ideas

Allen Hodges sits at his desk next to framed pictures of his daughter, Kylie. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)

Idaho Capital Sun

A tweak to Idaho’s death investigation system is just the start. But to one parent, it’s not enough.

Yellowstone County Commissioner Mark Morse questions Yellowstone Art Museum Executive Director Jessica Ogdin at the Sept. 2 county commissioner hearing in Billings, Montana (Photo by Jenna Martin for the Daily Montanan).

Daily Montanan

As local governments struggle with budgets, they discover libraries, museums as new revenue sources