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By Anya Petrone Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration When Vivian Montano was in jail, her favorite day of the week was Tuesday. That was the day she, along with a small group of other women, would be transported nearly 90 miles to the Olive Tree Creative Arts and Community Center for a day of behavioral health programming. The Olive Tree “kept me going,” Montano said. ...

In a functioning democracy, high-quality local journalism is essential to ensuring that community leaders are working in the public's best interest. But local news is in crisis.

For MLK Day, a look at how the industry is adjusted to three of the “evils” the Baptist preacher and civil rights advocate cautioned against.

Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Minnesota residents are reminded to seek out service opportunities to make their communities a better place to live. MLK Day is the only federal holiday recognized as a day of service. ...

At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, Illinoisans will see more than 300 new laws take effect - with changes that impact the state's healthcare, public safety and employment sectors. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act will require most employers to provide their workers with at least 40 hours of annual paid leave. And minimum wages will increase from $13 to $14 per hour. ...