National Community News Wire
Reporting from across the U.S. from the next generation of great journalists
If you run a news-academic partnership in your community and have a student-reported story you’d like us to highlight, please submit it here. Your submissions will be posted on the National Community News Wire as links that direct readers back to the original source. The original source can be a local news outlet that you partner with, a campus newspaper that covers the broader community, or your college newsroom page.
Special Feature
ICE in US Cities
Student coverage on ICE operations and community responses across US cities.
Policy & Politics
Florida Board of Governors poised to pass yearlong foreign faculty hiring freeze as immigration bills stall in Legislature
Elizabeth Maguire, WUFT
Youths and Advocates Urge for the Passage of Youth Justice Innovation Fund
Emily Salazar, Legislative Gazette
Secretary of State says $100 million needed for new voting machines
Izzy Wollfarth, LSU Manship School News Service
What to Know Before Monday’s Supreme Court Hearing on Whether Drug Users Can Own Guns
Morgan Knight and Dru Strand, Howard University News Service
Culture & Sports
Indoor pickleball courts in Palmetto Bay could be completed by November
Giancarlo Diago Cevallos, Caplin News
Stitching greatness: Phoenix’s Patsy Elmer tailors jerseys for pro athletes
Jared Figueroa, Cronkite News
Preservation Connecticut Launches Effort to Map the State’s LGBTQ+ History
Elle Lombardo, Fairfield County News
Environment
Cuts to federal funding and FEMA bring uncertainty to Atlantic City’s flood projects
Michael Bautista, South Jersey Climate News
Granville council hears resounding support for a switch to new energy provider during public hearing
Margo Ellis, The Reporting Project
Business & Tech
Free speech at risk? DHS asks tech firms to share details of anti-ICE accounts
Ananya Swaroop, Boston University News Service
Utilities ramp up tree trimming to address long-standing reliability problems
Sonja Krohn, Capital News Service
Even as Silicon Valley Booms, Venture Capitalists See Unique Opportunities in Texas
Sheldon Munroe, Reporting Texas
Cedar Falls brothers to open neighborhood bar on College Hill
Anelia Dimitrova, Cedar Falls News Hub
Education & Housing
At school budget town hall, the words ‘pay’ and ‘staff’ loom large
Tanya Wan, The 9th Street Journal
Elon, Queens University merger solidifies universities’ future amid nationwide closures
Miles Hayford, Elon News Network
Chromebooks, Clarke Central Work Get Funding Approval At School Board Meeting
David McFarland, Grady Newsource
Health & Science
The burden of advocacy falls on Indiana firefighters facing PFAS-related cancers
Olivia O’Neal, TheStatehouseFile.com
Thinking about raising chickens to beat egg prices? Here’s what El Pasoans should know
Joseph Montero, Borderzine
Public Safety & Justice
How Illinois’ Road Fund will help fund transit, especially in the Chicago region
Jacques Abou-Rizk and Amy Wong, Capitol News Illinois
Charlotte Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services makes case for budget increase
Maggie Dullea, Community News Service
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