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History of the US justice system

Portugal Golden Visa: Approvals down, family permits up in 2024

Panoramic view of the capital of Madeira island Funchal, Portugal.

Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance

Zion Harris, center, rehearses for Jeté, a monthly dance showcase at Heart WeHo in West Hollywood in Los Angeles, on on September 19, 2024.

State mottos, translated: What your state’s official motto really means

Welcome sign for New Hampshire.

With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable

A sign in foreground lists a home for rent in Maryland with tall brick home in the background. Municipal rental registries are gaining attention as cities try to get a handle on who owns rental properties and where, both to better understand their housing landscape and to ensure rentals are safe for tenants.

Inside the movement to professionalize election administration

A photograph of Lydia McComas, 28, the new city clerk in Madison, Wisconsin, decided in college that she wanted to be in the election administration field.

Wisconsin candidates have a path off the ballot besides death under new law

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to lower Medicaid drug prices in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Rural communities, tribes sue EPA over $2.8 billion in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects

Aerial view of Kipnuk and surrounding bodies of water.

Regulations can create the monopolies they’re meant to prevent

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, arrives to testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.

State of Medicare heading into 2026: Your complete guide to new laws and avoiding surprise bills

Customers picking up items at a pharmacy counter.

SNAP reliance and benefits by state

A 'SNAP welcomed here' sign at the entrance of a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon.

Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas

Close up of a single strand of barbed wire above a fence with a correctional facility in the background.

The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.

States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

A high school student getting his blood pressure checked at a mobile medical clinic in Terre Haute South High School, Indiana.

Government shutdown, trade wars hit farmers’ bottom line hard

Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, drives his truck on a country road near his family's farm on a road behind an American Flag hanging, in Cordova, Maryland, on October 10, 2025.