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NY passes legislation to provide protections for renters and make homeownership more accessible.
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Hochul signs two legislative packages to strengthen homeownership and renter protections
Governor Hochul signs laws to make homeownership attainable and strengthens renter protections across New York.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Indianapolis community members and local government members successfully advocate to restore the city’s immigrant legal services fund, which helps safeguard community members from unjust deportations and attacks on their due process rights.
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Funding cut to Indy’s immigrant legal defense fund is reversed
Plus: Despite ICE concerns, the sheriff’s budget also passed out of committee.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Helena Moreno is elected mayor of New Orleans, becoming the city’s first Hispanic mayor and the second woman to hold the position in the city’s history.
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Helena Moreno elected next mayor of New Orleans • Louisiana Illuminator
Moreno held a comfortable lead in both polling and campaign contributions over the course of the election season.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
News outlets with audiences from across the political spectrum refuse to sign a demand from the Pentagon that would limit the constitutional right to freedom of the press.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
News outlets with audiences from across the political spectrum refuse to sign a demand from the Pentagon that would limit the constitutional right to freedom of the press.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Innovative New ‘Sponge’ Park Helped Save Historic Atlanta Neighborhood from Flooding
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Innovative New 'Sponge' Park Helped Save Historic Atlanta Neighborhood from Flooding
Indeed, Rodney Cook Park filled up with 9 million gallons of water, but nearby residents' homes stayed dry.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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College track athlete Evie Parts files a federal lawsuit against the NCAA and Swarthmore College for violating her Title IX rights by banning her from the school’s track team because she is a transgender woman.
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She Got Kicked Off Her College Track Team Because She's Trans. Now, She's Suing
This isn't how Evie Parts envisioned her senior year.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
MacKenzie Scott donates $70M to the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to students attending historically Black colleges and universities.Christophe Waggoner collects Halloween costumes from thrift shops,
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MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A U.S. district court rules that ICE agents violated a previously agreed-upon consent decree regarding warrantless immigration arrests in the Chicago area when they unlawfully detained more than two dozen people in early 2025.
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Warrantless arrests by ICE in Chicago area ruled unlawful by federal judge
A U.S. District Judge has ruled ICE agents violated a consent decree over warrantless arrests in the Chicago area and unlawfully detained more than two dozen people in the first months of Trump's seco...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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A federal court in Florida upholds freedom of the press and dismisses the president’s $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
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Federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against New York Times
U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Land Was Owned by Billionaires Who Didn’t Allow Access to National Monument – Now it’s Open
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Land Was Owned by Billionaires Who Didn’t Allow Access to National Monument – Now it's Open
The private ranchland blocked a 3.8-mile access road to a large National Monument in Montana, which will now be opened by the nonprofit.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A ‘Secret Weapon’ for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back
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A 'Secret Weapon' for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back
Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Following a SCOTUS ruling, transgender and nonbinary students in South Carolina can continue to use the bathrooms that best align with their gender identity.
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Supreme Court allows trans kids in South Carolina to use the right bathrooms in school - LGBTQ Nation
The Supreme Court said their decision was made for technical reasons, but the result is a victory for trans rights in schools.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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SCOTUS determines that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will keep her job until it hears a case in January 2026 over the president’s attempts to remove her despite a lack of sufficient cause.
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SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Fire Federal Reserve Governor, For Now
Read more here.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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In Prisons Across Ohio, Inmates Find Meaning by Saving Orphaned and Injured Animals
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In Prisons Across Ohio, Inmates Find Meaning by Saving Orphaned and Injured Animals
In Ohio, across multiple state correctional facilities, inmates are rehabilitating themselves by rehabilitating others: specifically the most fragile and vulnerable of others: injured or orphaned anim...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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In Prisons Across Ohio, Inmates Find Meaning by Saving Orphaned and Injured Animals
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In Prisons Across Ohio, Inmates Find Meaning by Saving Orphaned and Injured Animals
In Ohio, across multiple state correctional facilities, inmates are rehabilitating themselves by rehabilitating others: specifically the most fragile and vulnerable of others: injured or orphaned anim...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Feeding Blueberries to Babies May Reduce Allergy Symptoms and Improve Gut Health
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Feeding Blueberries to Babies May Reduce Allergy Symptoms and Improve Gut Health
Feeding blueberries to babies may reduce allergy symptoms and improve their gut health, according to new research.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conserve 21,737 acres of waterfowl habitat and increase public access on four national wildlife refuges through $54M in funding from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.
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Interior Announces More Than $54 Million for Waterfowl Habitat, Increased Public Access on Refuges | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced more than $54 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fundhas been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing th...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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IL: Gov. JB Pritzker signs Sonya Massey’s Bill, a law requiring police departments to investigate applicants’ history of disciplinary records and misconduct before hiring them.
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Gov. Pritzker signs police reform bill named for Sonya Massey, woman killed by deputy
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a new law inspired by the death of Sonya Massey, who was killed by police.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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NE’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, which requires paid sick leave for the majority of workers, goes into effect.
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Nebraska law requiring paid sick leave goes into effect in October
All employees will be required to receive paid sick leave, with exceptions of those under 16, seasonal agriculture workers and small businesses with 10 or fewer employees.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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New York’s City Council expands the number of hours and conditions under which workers can take sick leave.
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City's sick-leave law expanded by Council - The Chief
New Yorkers right to paid and unpaid leave will be expanded after the City Council last week voted to pass a bill that broadens the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act. The bill expands the conditions under...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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California’s First Solar Panel-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online
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California’s First Solar Panel-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online
There are around 4,000 miles of canals in California, which could produce up to 13 gigawatts of power which would cover around 750,000 homes.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The Spark: The Unforeseen Benefits That Blossom When You Reuse and Repair
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The Spark: The Unforeseen Benefits That Blossom When You Reuse and Repair
In the October edition of our newsletter about creating positive change, we explore the manifold -- at times joyfully unexpected -- gains communities make when they turn waste into a resource.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Madison, WI’s first new public library in a quarter century will address a “resource desert” in the Reindahl Park neighborhood.
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Madison's new community center library will address a ‘resource desert’ in the Reindahl Park neighborhood
Madison’s Reindahl Park neighborhood has historically lacked community resources and places to gather. But Madison Public Library’s director hopes a new library under construction will change that.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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In a step toward addressing the youth mental health crisis, Atlanta Public Schools students in middle and high school can access a free and confidential therapy text line.
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This school district lets students text a therapist for free. They hope to combat the youth mental health crisis
While some schools move to ban smartphones, this district has made an exception.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM