By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – ND BISMARCK, N.D. – What will repealing net neutrality rules mean for communities in rural America? Public interest groups say it could present unique challenges. The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to roll back current rules…

Veronica Carter, Public News Service – IN INDIANAPOLIS – As schools in Indiana become more educationally and culturally diverse, educators say there’s a growing need to reach out to parents who may not be familiar with the American education system, or the English language. The Indiana Youth Institute sponsored workshops…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 President Donald J. Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday, December 1, 2017, to a felony count of making false statements to FBI Agents regarding his contacts with the Russian Ambassador to the United States,…

By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – CA SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The people who run many of California’s counties are speaking out against the tax bill that is about to go up for a vote in the U.S. Senate. They say they’re worried it will eliminate important deductions and force…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Dec. 1, 2017 HOUSTON — A $733 federal disability check doesn’t stretch far each month when you have more than a dozen children to feed and clothe. But don’t tell Betty Smith — the mother of four adopted youngsters (ages 10, 14, 16 and…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Dec. 1, 2017 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold settled a sexual harassment claim brought by a former staffer with $84,000 in taxpayer funds, according to a Politico report published Friday. Farenthold, a Republican from Corpus Christi, has served in the U.S. House since…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 30, 2017 Texas has spent years defending its voting laws in court, regularly appealing rulings that found state lawmakers violated the rights of their voters. So when a federal appellate court in August ruled against the state’s restrictions on language interpreters at the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 President Trump’s Former National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn is pleading guilty to making false statements to FBI Agents in U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D. C. on Friday, December 1, 2017, at 10:30…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Nov. 30, 2017 Editor’s note: The Texas Tribune and The Guardian, which provides international news for an online, global audience, partnered to examine income inequality and the impact welfare reform in the 1990s has had on state welfare services and benefits today. Vakesa Townson…

by Matthew Choi and Claire Allbright, The Texas Tribune Nov. 30, 2017 It’s been two months since inaction in Congress put health insurance for more than 400,000 Texas children in jeopardy, and for people like Raquel Cruz, the uncertainty is taking a toll. “To remove insurance from hardworking people that…