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Bob Ross, a wood scientist with the Forest Products Laboratory, with samples of mahogany left over from a World War I study that will be used to restore parts of the U.S. Capitol damaged in the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

Watch now: After a century in storage, wood from Madison lab being used to repair U.S. Capitol

CHRIS HUBBUCH [email protected]
April 18, 2021
New York Police Department officers stand nearby July 7, 2020, as Black Lives Matter Protests continue in New York City.

Defund the police movement contributed to rise in violence, experts say

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 17, 2021
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Lon Yeary
April 16, 2021
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news conference following a visit to Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Blanding, Utah. 

Interior secretary revokes Trump administration’s orders prioritizing energy development

Derek Draplin | The Center Square
April 16, 2021
President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan package of legislation March 11, 2021, at in the Oval Office at the White House.

Study: American Rescue Plan allocates $2 billion to counties that don’t exist or don’t have fiscal problems

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
April 16, 2021
People hug Friday after learning that their loved one is safe after a shooting Thursday night inside a FedEx building. Multiple people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter killed himself, police said.

Indy FedEx massacre prompts reactions of sadness, determination from state leaders

Dan Carden [email protected], 219-933-3357
April 16, 2021
Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine

Warner, Kaine introduce red-flag, other federal gun control changes to mirror Virginia law

Tyler Arnold | The Center Square
April 15, 2021
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear

Eight states have enacted laws limiting governors’ emergency powers since the start of the pandemic

Samuel Wonacott | Ballotpedia via The Center Square
April 15, 2021
In this Oct. 7, 2014, file photo, traffic on the Brent Spence Bridge passes in front of the Cincinnati skyline while crossing the Ohio River to and from Covington, Ky. The Brent Spence Bridge is carrying tens of thousands more vehicles a day than it was designed to handle.

White House grades Kentucky’s infrastructure at C-minus

Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor
April 15, 2021
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., makes a statement about a coronavirus aid package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020.

Democrats divided over ‘court-packing’ legislation; GOP unified against it

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 15, 2021
Tia Baker cleans a desk in a classroom during a media tour at Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Las Vegas. Pre-K to third graders started a two-days-per-week "hybrid" in-person schedule in the Clark County School District. Other grades will be phased in before April 6. 

‘Return to learn’ tracker: 42% of U.S. school districts are providing full in-person instruction

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
April 15, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. 

Biden pledges to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 14, 2021
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