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Juana Summers has been the co-host of NPR’s afternoon news show, All Things Considered, for the past three years. But she got her start interning at a member station, with a drive to cover politics. As NPR comes under scrutiny for alleged political bias, and federal funding for both the national network and its member station newsrooms dries up, Summers says the national-local partnership is more important now than ever.
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Wyoming Public Media
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This July, the park tallied 975,109 recreation visits. That’s 2% fewer visits than last year and 10% down from the record-setting year of 2021. -
The move comes after the Wyoming Highway Patrol signed an agreement for boosted information sharing and some enforcement of federal immigration laws. -
The Wind River Promise Fund sets aside $250,000 to cover undergrad tuition costs and mandatory fees for full-time students. Another $2 million will be managed and invested like an endowment. -
The interim Joint Judiciary Committee opted to toss a draft bill that would’ve made nominees to the state’s highest court undergo legislative scrutiny.
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The Department of Transportation says it will be "reclaiming management" of the transportation hub, which it has owned since the 1980s. D.C.'s mayor says that would be an "amazing initiative." -
NPR first wrote about the group "No Sex for Fish" in 2019 — Kenyan women out to end the practice of trading sex to a fisherman in exchange for his catch to sell. Since then they've faced tribulations. -
A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 4 people lack access to safe water to drink. Even more don't have water for sanitation. We asked someone who grew up that way to share childhood memories. -
Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology.
