Federal Government
NOLA group works to improve conditions for Mardi Gras clean-up workers, MS senators call for improved disaster response after winter storm, Tribal court hearing for former Swain, NC sheriff delayed
Louisiana and Mississippi
DHS buys El Paso, Texas warehouses, Inside Minnesotans’ moonshot to cover rent for their immigrant neighbors, People in 15 Mississippi counties can receive replacement SNAP benefits without application
Mental Health
Rural communities stand with vulnerable neighbors in Minnesota; Mothers, daughters, Girl Scouts traveled to Richmond to watch the first woman become governor of Virginia; Measles cases climb in NC; Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County, NC
Medicaid Cuts
Jackson, Miss. Police Chief resigns; New Texas map the target of lawsuits; Virginia getting another data center
Texas redistricting
El Paso Representative Joe Moody staying in Austin; New NC law makes regulating polluters much more difficult