EPA issues roadmap for addressing PFAS contamination 
New Mexico extends mask mandate into November 
Writing about Newark is a ‘privilege and responsibility’ for me. Here’s why. 
How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America; Revisiting the Homestead Act 
SOS Benson must release wrongly withheld FOIA documents 
EPA issues roadmap for addressing PFAS contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a roadmap for addressing PFAS, a group of forever chemicals that have contaminated air, water...
New Mexico extends mask mandate into November
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham again has extended New Mexico’s statewide mask mandate. The governor’s office said hospital beds...
Writing about Newark is a ‘privilege and responsibility’ for me. Here’s why.
In my first job as a professional journalist nearly a decade ago, I was assigned to cover schools in wealthy...
How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America; Revisiting the Homestead Act
Southern Italy’s rural Calabria region announced an innovative project in 2021 to breathe new life into its small towns. It plans to...
SOS Benson must release wrongly withheld FOIA documents
A Court of Claims Judge ruled Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson must release more internal records about campaign finance...
Indianapolis principal shifts school mindset ‘from punitive to positive’
Shortly after Christy Merchant became the principal at Grassy Creek Elementary School in Indianapolis, her leadership team met to discuss...
Los Alamos scientists work on technique for estimating stress in earth’s crust from oil and gas activity
A new method developed by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory could reduce the costs of determining if proposed oil...
Oklahoma lawmakers to work on redistricting in November
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling lawmakers back to the state capitol in November to draw new legislative and congressional...
School choice would allow parents to transfer kids over mask policies
Wisconsin’s latest open enrollment suggestion would allow parents to send their kids to a new school based on whether or...
To save forests, researchers are hooking trees up to Twitter
In July 2018, a century-old red oak went live on Twitter. The account @awitnesstree, tweeting from the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, introduces...
