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.
Gun rights extend to protests, advocates say, rejecting Trump aides’ stance after Alex Pretti killed in Minneapolis
Alysa Horton, Cronkite News
Special Feature
ICE in US Cities
Student coverage on ICE operations and community responses across US cities.
Policy & Politics
Judge sees Hegseth bid to demote Sen. Mark Kelly as assault on free speech of veterans
Alysa Horton, Cronkite News
A federal judge pauses the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Haitians (includes video story)
Anthony Cruz and Johane Saintil, Caplin News
In a blow to the banks, pioneering swipe fee law survives first legal challenge
Maggie Dougherty, Capitol News Illinois
What to know about the partial government shutdown and its impact
Carol Khorramchahi, Boston University News Service
Culture & Sports
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Addresses Prejudices Within Congregation
Natalie Bardy, Grady Newsource
Pup Sugar shares love from store window in downtown Cedar Falls
Anelia K. Dimitrova, Cedar Falls News Hub
Environment
Invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome ‘plant blindness’
Anna Ironside, Spartan Newsroom
Florida representatives secure bipartisan agreement to restore Everglades (includes video story)
Carolina Alvarez, Caplin News
Still legally endangered, Mexican gray wolf would be delisted under Gosar bill backed by ranchers
Natalie Ogami, Cronkite News
Business & Tech
THC Fee Increase in Texas Could Push Patients to the Black Market and Impact Local Businesses
Erika Gonzalez, Reporting Texas
More restaurants closed after failing routine inspections last year in Champaign-Urbana
Andrew Burkey, CU-Citizen Access
Why Michigan’s rural residents are reluctant to drive electric vehicles
Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov, Capital News Service
Education & Housing
UF investigates measles on campus amid outbreak across North Florida
Gabriel Velasquez Neira, Fresh Take Florida
Eastern Michigan University expands loan repayment program, includes more majors
Lauren Holloway, Eastern Echo
In Marion County, different attitudes and approaches to the issue of homelessness
Savannah Shotwell, TheStatehouseFile.com
Health & Science
House advances move to require anti-bias training for healthcare providers
Gillian Morano, Richmond Capital News Service
Illinois sees its worst flu season in recent years as vaccine skepticism grows
Olivia Ardito, Capitol News Illinois
Public Safety & Justice
Ambulances in Midtown Have Slower Response Times and Fewer EMTs
Jonathan de Bock, Columbia News Service
Surge in break-ins, robberies, cause marijuana dispensaries to tighten security
Georgia Hill, Spartan Newsroom
Champaign teams with violence prevention organization to head off shootings
Patrick Mahoney, CU-Citizen Access
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