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In a narrow 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court gave Trump the green light to move ahead with his ballroom project; the historic Indiana outage leaves damage, bills, and frustration; and rising healthcare costs and the loss of coverage buffet folks in New Mexico.

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The Public News Service, Daily newscast September the 1st, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

It was a five to four ruling by the nation's highest court in favor of allowing President Donald Trump's grand ballroom project to proceed.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined in a dissent by the court's three liberal justices and wrote that the construction was likely unlawful.

The New York Times notes the court said the preservationist who challenged the construction of the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom did not have legal grounds known as standing to bring their lawsuit because they were not directly harmed by the project estimated to cost $400 million.

The majority emphasized that this order was not addressing the legality of the project and instead the question of who could sue to try to block it.

Meantime, the lights are finally back on in northwest Indiana.

But for some families, last month's massive electrical outage is still taking a toll.

Our Julie Lurie has more in this Free Press Indiana collaboration.

One Porter County resident spent 10 days without power after a tree damaged the roof of her home.

Gloria Davis says the heat warped floors and damaged drywall.

It doesn't even feel like home anymore because we just kind of feel like we just, it's so chaotic.

Things are so chaotic and I'm tired.

Davis also lost about a thousand dollars in food and she paid another thousand dollars for electrical repairs.

FEMA is offering individual assistance in Lake, Porter, La Porte and Pulaski counties.

The aid can help cover food, temporary housing, essential items and some home repairs.

This story was produced with original reporting from Carson Gerber for FPI News.

Nipsco says the latest requested rate increases are routine adjustments, not formal rate hikes.

And New Mexico's median household income is far below the national average, making federal cuts to Medicaid and skyrocketing insurance costs a double whammy.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or H.R. 1, passed by congressional Republicans in 2025, will cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act over the next decade.

New Mexico lawmakers acted quickly, becoming the only state to backfill expiring federal enhanced tax credits with $40 million in state funds.

Emily Wilda with New Mexico Voices for Children says that drove a 15% increase in marketplace enrollment while national numbers dropped.

New Mexico's had a lot of practice and planning ahead.

And the question now is just how do we keep figuring out what the tradeoffs look like when some of these federal changes are really significant to our budget and the way the state pays for things our families and kids need.

I'm Roz Brown.

The updates will include new out-of-pocket costs for certain Medicaid enrollees.

Meantime, Protect Our Care says 19 hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes in New Mexico have been forced to shut down, cut services, or at risk of doing so.

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The social media giant Meta has agreed to settle a multi-state lawsuit for more than $17 billion and make changes to its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, to improve children's safety.

Our Nadia Ramlangan has more.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and his team led the charge for holding Metta accountable, along with California, Colorado and New Jersey.

Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Shannon Moody says she hopes the lawsuit will spur lawmakers to take action next session on directing the settlement funds to after school and summer programming.

Young people have more opportunities to connect in real life with investment of those funds for potentially out of school time opportunities or sports.

Under the settlement, which is still subject to court approval, Kentucky is due to receive $358 million.

In the lawsuit, the states claimed Metta used harmful features to drive compulsive use by children and teens, despite claiming the platforms were safe for young users.

Credit goes to McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern for original reporting on this story.

Next to Sierra Club of Tennessee says the Trump administration's decision to scrap $7.6 billion in clean energy grants has impacted eight specific projects in the state.

Court documents confirm that the federal government canceled more than 300 grants in 16 states because they voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Pat Couples with the Sierra Club, Tennessee, says the fallout is hitting major employers.

For example, a Wacker plant in Charleston that makes solar panel parts laid off 90 employees.

The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga stopped production of their ID4 electric SUV and are furloughing 160 employees.

And we've got another 950 jobs at risk right now with the pneumonics plant.

They make synthetic graphite for lithium-ion EV batteries.

That grant is currently threatened.

Danielle Smith reporting.

Finally, conservationists in Oregon are looking beyond their own species and to the state's iconic beaver to learn how to be more resilient to wildfires.

By slowing down and spreading out waterways, research shows beaver dams significantly reduce wildfire burn severity.

Maureen Thompson is with Central Oregon nonprofit Think Wild.

She says when it comes to wildfire prevention, beaver ponds are a big help.

That means we have late season water for wildlife and for fire breaks.

Firefighters in the Ochoa Coast know where the big beaver ponds are and literally send the helicopters there to get big buckets of water to put out the fires.

Thompson adds intense fires delayed beaver restoration work this summer.

So Think Wild is now calling for fall volunteers to help build starter dams and survey beaver activity across central and eastern Oregon.

I'm Isobel Charle.

This is Mike Clifford for Public News Service.

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