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Folks fled to smaller towns during the pandemic. 🏙️ Now the cities are growing again. Especially: Seattle, Houston, Atlanta and Tucson, Arizona. Read more analysis from Tim Henderson ⬇️ stateline.org/2023/05/18/a-f… via Stateline || bsky @stateline.org

A Tim Henderson analysis

Many farmers throughout the Midwest are dealing with the fallout of a drought that has harmed corn and soybean growth. via Stateline || bsky @stateline.org Matt Vasilogambros newsfromthestates.com/article/drough…

This whole series is great.

🥳Today's the day! @robbie_sequeira joins Stateline || bsky @stateline.org to cover housing and social services. Send him tips and Yankees memes.⚾️

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🏥Most of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the nation are in Southern states. Established medical providers, however, are blocking the competition, preventing much-needed birth centers from opening. Read the latest from Anna Claire Vollers stateline.org/2023/08/11/hos…

Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones | via Sherman Smith, Sam Bailey, Rachel Mipro and Tim Carpenter #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/pol…

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The Stateline team had ✨SUCH✨ a great time at our retreat today in DC! We're super excited to continue with our commitment to the highest standards of nonpartisanship, objectivity and integrity in state policy news. Stay tuned for more.🗞️

Across the country, law enforcement agencies’ inability — or refusal — to send their annual crime data to the FBI has resulted in a distorted picture of the United States’ crime trends, according to a new Stateline analysis of FBI data by @amandavhernan. stateline.org/2023/10/27/pol…

🗞️ You've likely heard of Giving Tuesday. We celebrate an important variation: #GivingNewsday! On Nov. 28, we hope you will choose to support independent daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. Visit stateline.org/donate for more information.

⬇️Kevin Hardy on how new laws can make it harder for constituents and journalists to hold government leaders to account.

📈 Southern states continued to get the lion’s share of new residents this year as Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina added almost 1.2 million people among them, new Census Bureau estimates show. The latest from Tim Henderson: stateline.org/2023/12/20/5-s…

Via Ralph Chapoco: Almost alone among death penalty states, Alabama does not guarantee an attorney to a defendant at a critical stage in the appeals process. That can make it impossible to raise legitimate issues over a conviction. alabamareflector.com/2024/01/24/mos… #alpolitics

Very exciting! Post The New York Times fellowship, I'm covering health care nationally for News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com and Stateline || bsky @stateline.org. I'll be focusing on the business of health care and environmental health mostly, but I am open to all pitches. ✉️schatlani [at] stateline. org. Please RT!

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