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IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
FORMATS: Photo, Text, DigitalPlans, Video, Interactive
1. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
2. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found. The analysis reveals the great lengths to which the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law in early March that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
3. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
4. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
5. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive, proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners across multiple states in recent years. The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises analyzed these cases and interviewed multiple landowners, attorneys, academic experts and local elected officials. We share key findings from this review.
6. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
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KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January. Texas surpassed 500 cases Tuesday, and the U.S. has more than double the total number of measles cases in 2024. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1334 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:12 p.m. CDT
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-TEXAS
Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
SUMMARY: Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases as of Tuesday and the state expanding the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10. The highly contagious virus began to spread in late January. Three people who were unvaccinated have died from measles-related illnesses this year, including two elementary school-aged children in Texas. Lubbock Public Health director Katherine Wells says day care there had seven cases as of Friday.
WORDS: 680 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:02 p.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
FORMATS: Photo, Text, DigitalPlans, Video, Interactive
7. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
8. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found. The analysis reveals the great lengths to which the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law in early March that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
9. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
10. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
11. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive, proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners across multiple states in recent years. The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises analyzed these cases and interviewed multiple landowners, attorneys, academic experts and local elected officials. We share key findings from this review.
12. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–SHARKS-WILD
DESCRIPTION: The San Jose Sharks visit the Minnesota Wild. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 7:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP-EDUCATION
Democratic-led cities and states push back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI
SUMMARY: Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, creating a standoff that could test how far the White House is willing to go to press its demands on the nation’s schools. State leaders in Minnesota and New York said they will not comply with an Education Department order to gather signatures from local school systems certifying compliance with civil rights laws, including the rejection of what the federal government calls “illegal DEI practices.” Chicago’s mayor promised to sue over any cuts. California and Vermont told schools they don’t need to respond.
WORDS: 989 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 2:27 p.m. CDT
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US–CANADA-US-BORDER DEATHS
Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India
SUMMARY: A federal judge has rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while trying to cross the Canadian border into Minnesota during a blizzard in 2022. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim declined Tuesday to set aside the guitly verdicts thay a jury returned last November against Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Anthony Shand. His order clears the way for the two defendants to take their cases to a federal appeals court after he sentences them on May 7.
WORDS: 359 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 2:08 p.m. CDT
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–CARDINALS-PIRATES
DESCRIPTION: St. Louis plays Pittsburgh at PNC Park. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 11:35 a.m. CDT, Text
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HKC–FROZEN FOUR
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Defending champion Denver and Boston University, with 15 championships between them, bring their rich histories to the Frozen Four championship rounded out by two newcomers in Western Michigan, the lone top seed remaining, and Penn State, 13 years removed from launching it’s hockey program. Denver faces Western Michigan and BU plays Penn State in the semifinals on Thursday. By Hockey Writer John Wawrow. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 6 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 5:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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HKN–BLUES-OILERS
DESCRIPTION: The St. Louis Blues visit the Edmonton Oilers. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 9:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–SEVERE WEATHER
Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin
SUMMARY: After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents are anxious to return to their flooded homes and assess what is salvageable. Water is slowly receding in flooded Frankfort, and officials hope most people will be able to return by the end of Wednesday. Gov. Andy Beshear urged patience and caution, asking people to wait if they couldn’t get to their homes without driving through water. Inundated rivers are the latest threat from the storms that have killed at least 23 people. The National Weather Service says freeze warnings are in effect in much of Kentucky and a freeze watch has been issued for Tuesday night.
WORDS: 889 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 5:20 p.m. CDT
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US–TRUMP-EDUCATION
Democratic-led cities and states push back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI
SUMMARY: Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, creating a standoff that could test how far the White House is willing to go to press its demands on the nation’s schools. State leaders in Minnesota and New York said they will not comply with an Education Department order to gather signatures from local school systems certifying compliance with civil rights laws, including the rejection of what the federal government calls “illegal DEI practices.” Chicago’s mayor promised to sue over any cuts. California and Vermont told schools they don’t need to respond.
WORDS: 989 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 2:27 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:b79551813a611ba6301f3f48252357ac&mediaType=text
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NEBRASKA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
FORMATS: Photo, Text, DigitalPlans, Video, Interactive
13. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
14. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found. The analysis reveals the great lengths to which the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law in early March that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
15. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
16. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
17. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive, proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners across multiple states in recent years. The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises analyzed these cases and interviewed multiple landowners, attorneys, academic experts and local elected officials. We share key findings from this review.
18. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
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NEBRASKA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–WINNER-TAKE-ALL-NEBRASKA
Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections
SUMMARY: Nebraska will continue to split its presidential electoral votes by congressional district — at least for now. A bill to take Nebraska to a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District earned the nickname after voting for Democratic candidates in three of the past five presidential elections. Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that split their electoral votes by congressional district. The 48 other states award all of their Electoral College votes to the statewide winner.
WORDS: 781 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 7:21 p.m. CDT
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
FORMATS: Photo, Text, DigitalPlans, Video, Interactive
19. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
20. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found. The analysis reveals the great lengths to which the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law in early March that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
21. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
22. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
23. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive, proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners across multiple states in recent years. The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises analyzed these cases and interviewed multiple landowners, attorneys, academic experts and local elected officials. We share key findings from this review.
24. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
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US-KEYSTONE-PIPELINE-RUPTURE
DESCRIPTION: Following developments on the Keystone oil pipeline spill near Fort Ransom, North Dakota.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–KEYSTONE PIPELINE-RUPTURE
Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices
SUMMARY: The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading to higher gasoline prices. It wasn’t clear what caused the rupture of the underground pipeline Tuesday morning or the amount of crude oil released into the field. Officials say an employee working at the site near Fort Ransom heard a “mechanical bang” and shut down the pipeline within about two minutes. Oil surfaced about 300 yards south of the pump station in a field. An energy analyst says the pipeline’s shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices in the Midwest.
WORDS: 1051 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 6:04 p.m. CDT
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US–KEYSTONE PIPELINE-THINGS TO KNOW
The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline continues its troubled history
SUMMARY: The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday continues the troubled history of the 15-year-old pipeline. The 2,700-mile-long pipeline originates in Alberta, Canada, and carries heavy tar sands crude oil south across the Dakotas and Nebraska before splitting to carry oil both to refineries in Illinois and south to Oklahoma and Texas. There have been 23 spills along the Keystone oil pipeline, including one in Kansas that dumped 14,000 barrels of crude oil into a creek running through rural pastureland. The Pipeline Safety Trust advocacy group said the pipeline has spilled more than 1 million gallons of crude oil over the years.
WORDS: 486 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 6:00 p.m. CDT
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage of the measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 5:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKN–THUNDER-SUNS
DESCRIPTION: The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Phoenix Suns. UPCOMING: 300 words.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 9:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–FLORIDA EXECUTION
A Florida man is executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break
SUMMARY: A man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was carjacked on her lunch break has been executed in Florida. Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling death of Janet Acosta. Court records show the production worker at the South Florida paper was attacked in her van while she was reading a book on her break. Prosecutors said she was beaten, robbed and driven more than 100 miles to the Florida Keys before being strangled and her body left on an island. Tanzi’s execution was the third carried out in Florida this year.
WORDS: 765 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 6:30 p.m. CDT
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US–CHILD CARE-EDUCATION
Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price
SUMMARY: Many parents need child care scholarships to work. But qualified families are increasingly being turned away from state child care assistance programs, thanks to the rising costs of child care and the end of pandemic aid. In at least three states — Arizona, Colorado and Texas — parents who apply face long waitlists. Other states, including Nevada and Oklahoma, have increased copayments for parents or have said they will serve fewer children. In Idaho, enrollment was paused for part of last year. Last week, some employees were laid off from their jobs helping states implement child care scholarships. It all has left advocates worried about the future of federal child care programs.
WORDS: 1259 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:52 p.m. CDT
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January. Texas surpassed 500 cases Tuesday, and the U.S. has more than double the total number of measles cases in 2024. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1334 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:12 p.m. CDT
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-TEXAS
Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
SUMMARY: Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases as of Tuesday and the state expanding the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10. The highly contagious virus began to spread in late January. Three people who were unvaccinated have died from measles-related illnesses this year, including two elementary school-aged children in Texas. Lubbock Public Health director Katherine Wells says day care there had seven cases as of Friday.
WORDS: 680 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:02 p.m. CDT
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SOUTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
FORMATS: Photo, Text, DigitalPlans, Video, Interactive
25. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
26. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found. The analysis reveals the great lengths to which the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law in early March that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
27. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
28. WITH: US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
29. DESCRIPTION: The company behind a massive, proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners across multiple states in recent years. The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises analyzed these cases and interviewed multiple landowners, attorneys, academic experts and local elected officials. We share key findings from this review.
30. UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
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SOUTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP-TARIFFS
White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump’s new tariffs
SUMMARY: The White House is sending mixed messages on tariffs as it pursues conflicting goals, frustrating foreign leaders and business executives who are desperate for clarity on a generational overhaul of international trade. Administration officials have alternated between talking about seeking negotiations or pushing forward with tariffs no matter what. President Donald Trump tried to have it both ways this week, saying “there can be permanent tariffs, and there can also be negotiations.” That has left world leaders and businesses holding their breath as the stock market craters and the clock ticks down to the new tariffs taking effect Wednesday.
WORDS: 1406 – MOVED: 04/08/2025 3:57 p.m. CDT
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