Republicans Double Down on School Vouchers by Taking Fight to Rural Members of Their Own Party
For years, rural Republican state legislators have bucked the party’s support for funneling public funds into private schools through education vouchers. Now Republican leaders are ramping up pressure on these holdouts.
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Maine’s Firefighters Rarely Fight Fires. Instead They’re Answering Medical Calls.
In 2022, just 4.5 percent of calls that came into Maine fire departments were for fires. Seventy percent were for medical assistance.
Out of Print but Not Out of News: Canadian Record’s Impact Lives Online and in New Public TV Documentary
The documentary “For the Record” examines the role of local journalism through the lens of the award-winning news organization that serves the city of Canadian in the Texas Panhandle.
From Coal Mines to Classrooms and Beyond
Jim Adams always wanted a college degree, but “life happened.” After a 40-year career in coal mining, Adams fulfilled his dream when he graduated from the University of Kentucky.
Analysis: From Fringe to Mainstream – Vermont-Grown Progressivism
A brief overview of Vermont’s contemporary political history reveals that progressive politics are anything but an urban-exclusive phenomenon.
A Pilot Program in Rural Vermont Hopes to Build a Blueprint for Substance Abuse Recovery
In the first of its kind collaboration in Vermont, a recovery group and an EMS team work together to help those with alcohol and substance abuse disorders find the long-term care.
‘Civil War’ May Not Be the Movie You’re Expecting
Empty calories of action movie carnage or substantive food for thought? Either way, it’s probably for the best that the film provides no easy answers.
In 2023 REAP Funded More Renewables Projects Overall, But Small-Scale Funding Was Down
According to experts, part of the reason were new stipulations in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), allowing for larger percentage of projects to be funded via grants putting big solar investments in the lead, and feasibility studies or technical assistance grants that went to “big-ticket items like…salaries.”
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