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Opponents of latest AR state tax cuts say they benefit wealthy Arkansans; Julian Assange agrees to a plea deal that would allow him to avoid imprisonment in US; Tech-based carbon-capture projects make headway in local government; NV nonprofit calls Biden's student debt initiatives economic justice.

'Death by a thousand cuts' for Bozeman's low-income renters; 'Catastrophic flooding' in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations as record-breaking heat wave broils West and mid-Atlantic; Friday deadline for 2024 USDA grassland conservation program; Report: Big oil continues to resist a fast transition to clean energy.

Montgomery, AL, mayor seeks public safety solutions at U.S. Conference of Mayors; SCOTUS will hear challenge to TN law banning transition care for minors; abandoned IL coal mines pose health and environmental complications; and hearing on Council Bluffs, IA railroad crossing "Triangle of Death."

Expert warns of upcoming threats to democracy across the nation; Judge in Trump documents case rejects suggestions to step aside; NC businesses fear effects of 'bathroom bill'; Report says restaurants allow abuse, disease risk at MD animal farms.

America's 'Radical Elders' continue their work for fairness, justice; SCOTUS upholds law disarming domestic abusers; Workplace adoption benefits help families, communities; Report examines barriers to successful post-prison re-entry in NC.

Conservationists tout Indiana's old mines and brownfields to develop renewable energy; Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools; Black Hills Visitor Center under new joint tribal, federal oversight; Judge set to rule on massive MT logging project.

MI environmental group hails Enbridge suit being ordered back to state court; Tropical Storm Alberta lands in Mexico - with flooding in Texas; Automatic voter registration stands out in MN election-law analysis; New Report: VA public college policies can help student parents.

Community organizing key to ending hunger in rural Oregon; Boeing CEO apologizes to crash victims' families in tense Senate hearing; CT bump-stock ban remains after SCOTUS ruling; Could other exceptions come with MN's new carbon-free law?

Civil rights groups press for bills to rethink public safety; Tropical Storm Alberto expected to form, bring heavy rain to Texas; Juneteenth honors freedom amid possible IN graveyard extinction; False claims of noncitizen voters spur federal, NH legislation.

Federal funds boost Northeast high-speed EV charging network; the Heat Dome remains the top story over more than half the nation; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in TX face health disparities; Groups debunk claims of 'skyrocketing' numbers of non-citizen voters.