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Flooding devastates parts of the Midwest
Parts of the Midwest are reeling from major flooding this week due to a massive late-winter storm. Across Iowa and Nebraska, thousands of people had to be evacuated, roads and other infrastructure were destroyed and buildings were submerged by rising waters. Rivers hit record levels in 41 places across the region, including 17 in Nebraska alone. William Brangham reports.
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Local Media Can Shine A Light On Funding-Plagued Nonprofit Voices
Federal support for organizations that bolster the social safety net is waning. Here’s what news sites can do
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California increased paid family leave payments. Now more parents are taking advantage
More Californians are using paid family leave benefits to care for a child after a new state law that increased payments for parents went into effect in January, according to new state data.
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‘Do You Want Help?’: Inside Orange County’s Bet on Voluntary Mental Health Care
While the 2022 law gives judges authority to force people into treatment, Orange County decided early on that its program would be utterly voluntary, leaning on the tenets of relentless outreach to coax, rather than coerce, people into care.
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Zohran Mamdani jolted progressives. Can California candidates replicate his success?
For California progressives, Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid offers something of a formula to follow.
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