Segregation academies across the South are getting millions in taxpayer dollars by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon, ProPublica
Ohio transgender bathroom ban bill heads to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net by Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News
Kamala barnstorms Pennsylvania on final day of campaigning before election by Kim Lyons, Peter Hall and John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
State Races: Michigan governor optimistic State House Dems will remain in majority by Jon King and Abdelafatah Mukhtar, Michigan Advance
The small midwestern cities that could play a pivotal role in this year’s elections by Alec MacGillis, Propublica
Does Elon Musk’s $1 million sweepstakes run afoul of the federal prohibition on paying voters? by Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Right-wing activists pushed false claims about election fraud. Now they’re recruiting poll workers in swing states by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch
Happening in Springfield: New immigrants offer economic promise, health system challenges by Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News
Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping by Miranda Green, Floodlight, Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, and Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica
From Tourism To Trauma: East Tennessee travel officials help coordinate hurricane recovery by Alec Castro
Neighbors helping neighbors takes many forms in Western North Carolina by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder
Trump ramps up personal attacks on Harris during Erie rally, and says he ‘hated’ paying overtime by Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt by Noam N. Levey and and Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer Illustration by Oona Zenda
Did a Georgia hospital break federal law when it failed to save Amber Thurman? A Senate committee chair wants answers by Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica
Georgia senator seeds fortunes of state’s Black farmers as gridlock stalls federal farm bill by Chaya Tong, Georgia Recorder
Harris speaks on earning Black men’s votes, abortion rights and gun control in Philly interview by Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Georgia’s top GOP lawmaker seeks tougher action against students who make threats. But it may not make schools safer by Aliyya Swaby, Propublica
Good Question: Does campaigning in rural America actually work for Democrats? by Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder
Trump and Harris to meet in long-anticipated debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia by Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
As record heat sweeps the US, some must choose between food and energy bills by Melba Newsome, KFF Health News
Postindustrial hears from the Georgia candidate taking on Marjorie Taylor Greene by Postindustrial Staff
As election nears, Michigan, other states confront intimidation of clerks by Peggy Dodd, Pierce Gentry, Shelby Rickert, & Olivia Talkington
Harris and Biden campaign in Pittsburgh as presidential race enters the home stretch by Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Michigan plots “drone zone” to test package delivery tech of the future by Paula Gardner, Bridge Michigan
Cornel West is relying on right-wing lawyers to advance his left-wing presidential campaign by Jon King and Abdelafatah Mukhtar, Michigan Advance
Safeguarding America’s electoral integrity – not to mention Democracy – is popular again! by Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, former US Rep. Melissa Hart, former US Rep. Jim Gerlach, and former Pennsylvania House Speaker Keith McCall
