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Crunching the numbers
- In Jackson, Mississippi, thousands of residents haven’t had water service for more than two weeks.
- The FBI is pursuing about 2,000 domestic terrorism cases, which have doubled since 2017.
In local news
- This poignant story from The Denver Post asks how Coloradoans have changed after months of isolation.
- At the Alaska Capitol, a lawmaker and four others have tested positive for covid.
- Governors in Texas and Mississippi are ending statewide mask requirements.
- After requests from Oklahoma Watch, the state’s health department is releasing vaccine data by ZIP code.
New on Big If True
- More than 11 million families are behind on their rent or mortgage payments, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I wrote about the sustained need for underfunded legal aid programs, some of which have seen evictions begin to dominate their caseloads during the last year.
- From our podcast, Hard Reset: Why a winter storm left many Texans without power
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