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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Federal regulators on Friday approved a combined multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline expansion crossing Mississippi and Alabama primarily intended to feed growing energy markets in Georgia.
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“What is a think tank?” is a question I get asked all the time.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched investigations Tuesday into five medical schools nationwide to determine whether their admissions practices violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin.
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(The Center Square) – Mississippi emergency officials are urging residents to prepare for heavy rain and possible flash flooding as Tropical Depression Two is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Bertha while tracking westward along the northern Gulf Coast.
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(The Center Square) - U.S. liquefied natural gas exports are projected to nearly double by 2031, becoming the nation's second-largest net export industry and adding an estimated $1.4 trillion to the economy, according to a new S&P Global Energy study.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan coalition of Gulf Coast lawmakers is pushing to change a 73-year-old law that limits their states' maritime boundaries to 3 miles offshore, potentially reshaping the regulation of local fisheries and generating billions of dollars in tax revenues from offshore energy and minerals leases.
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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision on Monday, ruled that states can accept and count mail-in ballots received after the federal Election Day.
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(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed the temporary peace deal with Iran ahead of schedule Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in France, kicking off negotiations over a final nuclear deal.
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(The Center Square) – Tropical Storm Arthur battered south Louisiana with heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes and widespread power outages as the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season moved inland after making landfall along the Texas coast.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel .
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