Month: April 2026

On April 16, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife, Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, before taking his own life amid a divorce. Just three days later in Louisiana, a father murdered multiple children of his own and gravely injured both their mother and his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself….

Florida grapples with its most intense drought in 15 years during 2026, as dry conditions spread statewide since late 2025. By mid-April, extreme drought zones (D3) cover 80 percent of the state per U.S. Drought Monitor updates — the worst since 2001. Lake Okeechobee sits at 15-year lows. A lackluster 2025 wet season delivered far…

Multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence hubs are beginning to scramble politics in the crucial swing state as voters worry about costs and local control. Data centers have become a boxy, hulking flashpoint across Georgia and the nation heading into the midterms — and the backlash is spreading fast across red and blue states. Democrats saw early success…

At nearly 1,000 cases, mostly in unvaccinated children, the South Carolina measles outbreak that officially ends today was one of the worst the United States has seen in nearly four decades. Of those whose age and vaccination status were known, 95.3 percent were unvaccinated and 90.8 percent of cases were in children 17 years old…

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This Earth Day arrives at a sobering moment as the EPA continues to erase the safeguards it was created to uphold. The United States Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1970, following the first Earth Day, expressly to protect human health and the environment. But, since President Donald Trump’s second term began, rapid-fire policy shifts…

Nearly five years after the Alabama Legislature approved a medical cannabis program, the weeks-long process of producing and testing products for patients has begun, setting up an early May availability. “Alabama doesn’t allow anything smokable, so no flower, no vape. If you have to add heat to it, the state of Alabama don’t allow it,”…

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced her candidacy for governor of Kentucky on Monday at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort. Coleman, 43, a former teacher, assistant principal, and basketball coach, is making public education a cornerstone of her campaign. Coleman, who has run and won alongside Gov. Andy Beshear twice, announced she will run…

“Even JD Vance is saying, ‘Hey, I’m not focused on 2028.’ We all need to focus on 2026 to hold the House, hold the Senate. We want to get our Senate seat back in Georgia. I’m supporting Derek Dooley. I think he gives us our best chance to do that,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told…

Florida Republicans are barreling ahead with a high-stakes redistricting session as the party looks to offset Democrats’ new maps in Virginia. The effort, however, has some Republicans warning Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to tread lightly, pointing to recent Democratic wins across the states as well as the Florida Constitution’s clear anti-gerrymandering language. They warn the…