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An ambitious early-career journalist whose reporting spans across multiple beats in the Midwest, South and Northeast, John Forbes' work covers important issues through a human-focused lens. His coverage with multiple outlets has been republished by statewide, national and international outlets. 

In his work, John aims to bring readers into the lives of those at the story's center through impactful storytelling and photography. 

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The Maine Monitor •

Maine struggling to get homeowners to treat wells for arsenic

Wendy Brennan agreed to participate in a study examining how arsenic exposure can affect children’s cognitive development primarily because her young daughter wanted the free T-shirt. It was 2009, and the family had lived on their property in the small Kennebec County town of Mount Vernon for eight years. Brennan said she had no reason to fear the results. But when researchers came to test their drinking water, Brennan learned that her family’s well tested nearly six times above the Federal Envi...
Fort Worth Report •

New federal THC regulations could snuff out Fort Worth shops

THC shop owner Alex Noriega sold nearly everything, including his family home, to open Natural Buds on 7th Street. Now his livelihood is on the line.

New federal limits on THC will force cannabis shops in Fort Worth and across the nation to close, according to advocates and proprietors. Business owners say the new regulation, which goes into effect next fall, will cripple a budding industry.

However, President Donald Trump on Thursday recategorized marijuana to a drug along the lines of Tyleno...
Fort Worth Report •

Fort Worth emerges as hub for driverless vehicles

Hundreds of driverless trucks will be on Fort Worth-area roads soon following the creation of a new statewide route to El Paso. 

The push for more autonomous vehicles in North Texas comes as the Fort Worth City Council in November created a new district in the Alliance area for the deployment of semi- and fully autonomous semitrucks.

The technology is of interest to Alliance’s nearly 600 customers, many of whom have looked into autonomous trucking technology, said Ian Kinne, leader of the Mobi...
Fort Worth Report •

Deadly bird collisions in Fort Worth rose from 2024. Here’s how to help

As fall migration nears its end, Fort Worth conservationists found more dead birds they believe were killed after colliding with windows than last year.

As of Nov. 15, surveyors found 56 dead birds in downtown so far this year, according to preliminary data provided by Lights Out Fort Worth, a Texas Conservation Alliance regional program that aims to prevent window-related bird deaths by reducing light pollution. By the end of fall last year, the group found 41 birds killed in window collisions...
Fort Worth Report •

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tarrant County addresses shortage of male mentors

Arlington mother Iesha Mustafa hoped to quickly find a good role model for her 10-year-old son, Isaiah Hassell, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. 

After two years of waiting, her hopes dwindled.

“I thought they forgot about us,” she said.

Isaiah was one of more than 400 children sitting on the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Tarrant waitlist. Delays caused by a shortage of male mentors have left boys waiting twice as long on average for a mentor than girls.

The male mentor s...
Fort Worth Report •

Fort Worth shops adjust as THC vape ban takes effect

Nicholas Arneson, owner of Dallas Vape Delivery & Lounge on Rosedale Street, opened his business just three weeks before a ban on THC vape products took force.

He built his business on vape deliveries and leaned heavily on the product. Most of his customers were interested in THC vape products, he said.

Now, nine large boxes filled with the product sit in the back of Arneson’s store after a new law banning the sale of THC vape pens went into effect Sept. 1. Although some prepared for the loss...
South Bend Tribune •

Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair urges fellow Notre Dame grads to speak truth to power

SOUTH BEND — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady issued a challenge to the 2,084 people becoming University of Notre Dame graduates at the May 18 commencement.

Grady, deemed the Navy’s “Old Salt” because of his wisdom as the longest-tenured surface warfare officer on active duty, shared stories from his service in the Arabian Gulf as a commander of various ships and posts to illustrate values of moral courage, trust in the pursuit of truth, and continuous improveme...
NTDaily.com •

University under fire from national advocacy organizations for Senate Bill 17 ‘overcompliance’

National organizations advocating for civil liberties and academic freedom have condemned the university in recent days for what they say is “overcompliance” with a state ban on DEI and infringement upon the academic freedom of faculty.This follows the university announcing new guidance on research and teaching in the name of Senate Bill 17 compliance, making 78 changes to graduate education course titles and descriptions and making 130 changes to undergraduate education courses, all without fac...
NTDaily.com •

College of Education makes 78 changes to course titles and descriptions

The College of Education is making 78 changes to course titles and descriptions to take effect next fall.The altered courses are within the College of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Administration. Course names and descriptions are reviewed, selected for adjustments and then rewritten by Brian McFarlin, an associate dean for undergraduate studies and research in the College of Education.According to an email sent by Assistant Professor Lok-Sze Wong to fellow faculty and obtained...

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