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national news & analysis

October 23, 2025

Three weeks inside the shutdown

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones pulls back the curtain on the daily grind of covering a government in gridlock.

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local

October 22, 2025 Nevada

Juez prohíbe a ICE trasladar a centros de adultos a menores no acompañados al cumplir 18 años

Juez impide a ICE trasladar automáticamente a centros de adultos a los menores extranjeros no acompañados una vez que cumplen 18 años.

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local

October 17, 2025 North Carolina

NC Republicans release electoral map that would push Democrat Don Davis out of Congress

North Carolina joins several other Republican-led states that have sought to remove Democratic representatives from Congress by drawing districts they can’t win.

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op-ed

October 16, 2025

Howard Fletcher: The Hidden Bias in Immigration Enforcement

Why Are Numbers and Focuses So Disparate?

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national news & analysis

October 15, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene is still who Democrats think she is

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones speaks to Democrats on the Hill about Marjorie Taylor Greene's criticism of GOP leadership and her surprising call to extend the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits.

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local

October 15, 2025 Iowa

We set out to understand Iowa’s cancer crisis. Here’s what we learned

ISL’s series The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa comes to an end, but one big question remains: What are we going to do about this crisis?

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local

October 10, 2025 Wisconsin

Wisconsin Republicans introducing new bill to ban absentee ballot drop boxes

Assembly Republicans are circulating a bill for cosponsorship that would ban all future use of absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin, seeking to remove a secure option for voting that Republicans and Democrats used for years.

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local

October 9, 2025 Michigan

Federal shutdown leaves Michigan moms wondering: will WIC still work next week?

The federal government has been in shutdown mode for over a week and one of the programs most at risk of running out of funding is one that’s helping feed Michigan babies and their mothers.

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op-ed

October 8, 2025

Jackie Payne: Our Democracy Needs Ordinary Americans To Save It

Strategies for a return to civil, constructive discourse

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national news & analysis

October 7, 2025

How the GOP’s tax law teed up Democrats’ shutdown fight over Obamacare

COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones does a deep dive into how the fight over making ACA tax credits permanent has become the central issue in Congress’s budget standoff.

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local

October 6, 2025 Pennsylvania

This billionaire is trying to flip the Pa. Supreme Court. Planned Parenthood wants to stop him.

Planned Parenthood Votes, the campaign arm for the country’s leading reproductive health care organization, is sounding the alarm that right-wing billionaires like Jeffrey Yass are trying to upend Democratic control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this November.

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local

October 2, 2025 Virginia

The Social Security Administration is no longer issuing paper checks. Here’s what you need to know

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has switched to electronic forms of payment. Here’s how you can set up your automatic payments with ease.

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