“It’s the guns. It’s always been the guns.”

By Meghan Mangrum, Tennessee Lookout

After passing three gun bills, Michigan Democrats say they’re not done

By Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan

A petty and small-minded Tennessee supermajority can’t last

By Holly McCall, Tennessee Lookout

Expecting more than $1 billion in opioid settlement money, Pa. grapples with policing versus treatment

By Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA and Kate Giammarise of WESA

Housing for everyone?

By Sean Keenan

Tennessee gun lobby throws cold water on governor’s protective order plan

By Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout

World watches as Tennessee House kicks out two young Black reps for 15 seconds of protest

By Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout

Nashville students to lawmakers: Pull your heads out from under your desks and pass gun policy

By Holly McCall, Tennessee Lookout

Fake calls cause real terror in the classroom

By Kim Palmiero

States With Legal Pot Consider How to Protect Cannabis Workers

By Leigh Giangreco, Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts

Nashville mass shooting leaves three kids, three adults dead

By Tennessee Lookout Staff

Survivors’ heartbreak points toward gun violence solutions, advocates tell PA House panel

By Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Study: Infant mortality racial gaps persist in Ohio over last decade

By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal

Michigan State’s long path ahead: What other universities have done after mass shootings

By Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan

The company testing air in East Palestine homes was hired by Norfolk Southern. Experts say that testing isn’t enough.

By Sharon Lerner, ProPublica

Mental health issues shouldn’t be a crime … even in prison 

By Danielle Oil and Brittany Hailer, Spotlight PA and the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

Demands by protesters and Breonna Taylor’s family helped expose the rot in Louisville policing

By Vanessa Gallman, Kentucky Lantern

A “commonsense” budget? In Pennsylvania? Just maybe

By John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Amtrak rail in Tennessee could ‘unlock’ economic activity

By Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout

Georgians set to remember Bloody Sunday at annual march in Selma

By Amanda Andrews, GPB News

Building back West Virginia?

By Jolie Williamson // Photographs by Chris Jackson

Out of unimaginable heartache, a Georgia woman works to transform lives

By Carmen Gentile

Slideshow: East Palestine, a village in crisis

By Nate Smallwood | Photography

Residents’ health concerns mount following chemical disaster in east Ohio town

By Natasha Lindstrom