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Fruit growers in the Columbia River Gorge are seeking federal aid for a disastrous 2025 pear crop and asking state lawmakers to pause and revise recent laws mandating overtime and new housing standards for farmworkers. Lesley Tamura, a pear grower and chair of the Hood River-based industry group Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers, said members are […]
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Alex Baumhardt
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7/9/26
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As former chair of Dakota Resource Council, which works with communities facing proposed or existing data centers, I read Terry Effertz’s guest piece in the North Dakota Monitor with interest. She wrote, “We should demand transparency, genuine local input, and skepticism of proposals that don’t serve our communities.” On that point, we agree, local zoning […]
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Curt Stofferahn
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7/9/26
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Prince William County supervisors voted against a rezoning proposal for the Dulles Cloud South data center project Tuesday, less than a week after developers retreated from a legal battle over building the 1,760-acre Digital Gateway data center complex in the county. The Dulles Cloud South project would have been the largest in county history, topping […]
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Shannon Heckt
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7/9/26
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By Yiqing Wang/WHRO State lawmakers have budgeted nearly $15 million over two years to help Virginia Medicaid cover gene therapy treatments for people with sickle cell disease, a move providers said could help patients access this complex treatment more easily. The funding is tied to a federal model designed to help Medicaid programs pay for expensive cell […]
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WHRO
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7/9/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states can keep transgender youth off of girls' sports teams raised hopes for Maryland lawmakers who have long tried to get such a law, and brought renewed commitment from advocates that that will never happen in the state.
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Mayah Nachman
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7/9/26
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• “Judge rules Virginia gun law injunctions apply statewide.” — WWBT • “Virginia Department of Corrections investigating 3 inmate deaths in 3 days.” — WTVR • “Virginia Tech braces for expected grad student enrollment decline.” — Cardinal News • “Is solar energy enough to power Virginia’s robust, growing data center industry?” — WJLA • “Save […]
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Staff Report
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7/9/26
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Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program. Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act made major changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, including new eligibility and work […]
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Kevin Hardy
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7/9/26
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Hoosiers suffering mental health crises are visiting public libraries for help — transforming the role of librarians who act simultaneously as researchers, archivists and quasi-social workers. Mental Health America of Indiana is stepping in to train librarians in how to respond to these crises and direct patrons to reliable information on suicide prevention, addiction treatment […]
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Mackenzi Klemann
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7/9/26
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(BPT) - Key takeaways:In today's economic climate, customers need financing options to help them shop at small businesses.Small business owners can offer a variety of financing options to help boost …
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7/9/26
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Ohio is the state that saw the biggest drop in enrollment in health plans under the Affordable Care Act, according to federal data first reported by the Associated Press. The losses come after the Republican-controlled Congress last year allowed pandemic-era subsidies to buy insurance on ACA exchanges to expire. That caused premiums to double for […]
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Marty Schladen
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7/9/26
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