Indiana community mourns 6 siblings killed in house fire

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Members of a northern Indiana community mourned and searched for answers…

Tennessee governor’s budget plan funds more school vouchers, business tax break, new state parks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Tennessee’s recent boom years fade with slower tax revenues, Gov. Bill…

Tennessee governor pitches school voucher expansion as state revenues stagnate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly five years after narrowly convincing lawmakers to allow a select number…

Mississippi will spend billions on broadband. Advocates say needy areas have been ignored

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s plan for spending $1.2 billion in federal funds to expand broadband…

Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden…

Jury awards $25M to man who sued Oklahoma’s largest newspaper after being mistakenly named in report

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma jury awarded a man $25 million on Monday after finding…

Texas mother, infant son die in house fire after she saves her two other children

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas mother and her 1-year-old son died after a fire engulfed their…

Ohio attorney general opposes speeding up timeline for lawsuit over proposed voting rights amendment

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday…

Hospitalization delays start of ex-Illinois state senator’s federal fraud trail

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The federal wire fraud and money laundering trial against William “Sam” McCann…

Bills go to Noem to criminalize AI-generated child sexual abuse images, xylazine in South Dakota

South Dakota is poised to update its laws against child sexual abuse images to include those…