East Palestine Ohio residents want FEMA to address long-term needs; Neo Nazi links to latest Texas mass shooting; TN groups fight nuclear processing expansion, And in SD, complexities surround Teacher Appreciation Week.

NY bans natural gas and fossil fuels in new buildings; VT first to remove the residency requirement from medical aid-in-dying; worker fatalities rise amid OHSA funding cuts.

Resident-owned communities intersect housing and climate justice, a suspected gunman is arrested for a shooting at an Atlanta medical center, and legislation in Washington state could improve workplace safety.

Montana housing advocates push back on a GOP budget bill, the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as June 1, and the right to repair ag equipment could save North Carolina farmers $103 million a year.

New Mexico's drinking water in the crosshairs of Sackett v. EPA, six people die after a dust storm causes crashes on Interstate 55, and a Minneapolis youth violence prevention program gains a bigger presence.

Postal employees protest what they call a toxic work environment, a group pushes to "Take Back Cinco de Mayo," and a University of Wisconsin partnership converts manure to jet fuel to fight climate change.

Iowa lawmakers table ethics complaint over CO2 pipeline bill; former VP Pence testifies for 5 hours plus before Grand Jury; GOP Lawmakers Question Teachers' Union Choices in Pandemic

Oregon nurses rally in Seaside as hospitals struggle to keep staff, the U.S. House passes a GOP debt limit bill, and the Texas Ag Department demands employees dress according to their "biological gender."

Calls grow for Supreme Court expansion amid financial disclosure concerns, hospitals are under financial stress, and the growth in population of young children slows for the first time in decades.

A bill in Massachusetts would let candidates use campaign funds for child care, in IL groups push for voting-restoration rights for incarcerated people, and MN local government says give us a voice in marijuana plans.