2026 midterm election driven by local issues, not just affordability
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For nearly a year now, the assumption from the chattering classes has been that the 2026 midterm election will be decided on the issue of affordability, but on the ground, in the mid-American states that will…
Florida records first dengue fever death of 2026 amid local outbreak
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida recorded its first confirmed dengue fever death of 2026 earlier this month, according to the Florida Department of Health. Gay Small of Hillsborough County died on Sept. 4 — her 80th birthday — from…
Local GOP leader slams $50K taxpayer 'slush fund' for families of detained, deported immigrant breadwinners
A Virginia GOP leader is pushing back against a new county program to provide taxpayer-funded grants to the families of illegal immigrants whose primary wage earner was detained or deported by federal immigration authorities. Arlington County, which sits…
Think tank proposes sharing data center tax revenue with local residents
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As opposition to artificial intelligence data centers spreads across rural America, one group is proposing “data center dividends” to counter the backlash by allowing residents to share directly in…
TCU does an about-face after stripping local newspaper’s credentials days before football season
Texas Christian University has changed its position and decided to reinstate press credentials for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after pulling them last week, just days before the team got their season underway. The Horned Frogs’ season opener was…
TCU football pulls credentials from local newspaper for reporting on locker room assault story
TCU Horned Frogs football has a chance to make a run in a wide open Big 12 Conference, coming off a 9-4 season in 2025. But if they do, local fans who subscribe to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram won’t have access to the type of reporting they might…
AI data center expansion demands local investment and community trust
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Every few weeks, another multibillion-dollar AI data center is announced. The numbers keep getting bigger. So do the grid demands, the water consumption, and the land footprints. A tech giant celebrates a new…
West Virginia voters at county fair focus on data centers, local control
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Since the 1950s, the Jefferson County Fair in West Virginia has been serving up prize pigs, hefty heifers and fried everything for a citizenry that still adores it. As politicians have long known, it is among…