The panel overseeing Vermont Yankee's decommissioning has little to say as a lease deal opens the door to a data center on the contaminated site. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont’s nuclear watchdog has gone quiet. more

The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon.   more

Thousands of book lovers swarmed the grounds of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson for the 11th annual Mississippi Book Festival. The festival’s offerings ranged from the whimsical to the weighty, featuring celebrity authors and emerging writers whose work spanned many genres. more

The Stone County Correctional Facility re-entry program, called Pathway Home 5 that provides employment and re-entry training before and after release, has a waitlist as officials prepare to select the next group of participants. more

New state program aims to increase opportunities to reuse and repair. Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘Mend it and keep it alive’: Inside Vermont’s growing repair culture. more

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and state Rep. Josh Turek both reiterated their calls for Congress to reduce fuel prices as they campaigned Friday for the state’s competitive U.S. Senate seat. At a news conference in Des Moines, Hinson reiterated her calls for the House to return to Washington, D.C., to work on lowering fuel prices […] more

The Alabama Attorney General’s Office and TikTok Friday reached a settlement over a state lawsuit that alleged the social media platform addicted children and lied about the safety of its platform. The settlement, coming about a month after the social media platform settled a similar lawsuit with the federal government, requires TikTok to install features […] more

Marylanders who buy individual healthcare plans on the state's insurance marketplace will see a second year of double-digit increases to their premiums, after state insurance officials approved a 14.6% average premium rate increase across plans in 2027. more

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger last week unveiled a package aimed at reining in the data center industry in the commonwealth, calling for tighter environmental regulations and for the industry to pick up more of the energy costs, among other proposals. more

Young poets wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence and other challenges – but also showed an unwillingness to surrender to despair. more