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Brought Back a Partisan News Feed (Georgia) As Georgians head to the polls to vote on their two U.S. Senators—and effectively, partisan control of...

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Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction (Hawaii) - Hawaii lawmakers and regulators are pledging to take steps to tighten oversight of seawalls and other barriers that are speeding beach erosion, following an investigation by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica.

Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That. (Anchorage, AK) - Law enforcement agencies across Alaska, including in the state capital, are failing to collect DNA from people arrested for violent crimes, violating a state law passed with great fanfare in 2007 that was going to put Alaska at the leading edge of solving rape cases.