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Executive Summary
The most consequential cross-market signal is President Trump's dual reversal on mail-in voting and taxpayer-funded campaign ads, reported across 15+ states through local nonprofit news networks. The mail-in voting story appears in Kansas, New Jersey, Montana, Michigan, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Ohio, Maine, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, and Alabama—nearly all via States Newsroom affiliates. A Florida school bus crash killed two including a 10th-grade student, drawing coverage from multiple regions. The Supreme Court's new term opened with climate liability and voting rights cases drawing local attention. Measles outbreaks are confirmed in Pennsylvania (5 deaths, 1,000+ cases) and Montana (Fergus County), while Pennsylvania also saw its first Allegheny County resident case.
Cross-Validated Stories
Trump drops opposition to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls
This is a confirmed, high-signal political development: a systematic reversal by the president on a core election-integrity claim, distributed nationally through a coordinated nonprofit news network. The uniformity of the story across 20 states via States Newsroom affiliates indicates a wire-style distribution, but the local branding gives it regional credibility.
- Kansas Reflector — kansasreflector.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-a…
- New Jersey Monitor — newjerseymonitor.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-mail-in-voting
- Daily Montanan — dailymontanan.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-ave…
- Michigan Advance — michiganadvance.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-a…
- Rhode Island Current — rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtim…
- West Virginia Watch — westvirginiawatch.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime…
- Ohio Capital Journal — ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtim…
- Maine Morning Star — mainemorningstar.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-…
- Louisiana Illuminator — lailluminator.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-mail-voting-6
- Source New Mexico — sourcenm.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-aversion…
- Arkansas Advocate — arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-…
- Georgia Recorder — georgiarecorder.com/2026/10/05/repub/trump-drops-longtime-a…
Florida school bus crash kills two including student, injures dozens
A fatal school bus rollover in Winter Haven, Florida killed a 10th-grade student and another driver, with nearly 40 on board. Coverage spans Vietnamese-American, general-market Pennsylvania, and Florida public radio, confirming the event but with limited independent sourcing beyond AP-style pickup.
Trump reverses on taxpayer-funded campaign ads after backlash
- dw.com News / analysis
- The Hill — thehill.com News / analysis
Measles outbreaks confirmed in Pennsylvania and Montana
Pennsylvania reports 1,000+ cases with 5 deaths—described as largest single-state outbreak in 30+ years—while Montana confirms its first case in Fergus County amid declining vaccination rates. The geographic separation and different outbreak scales suggest a national resurgence, not a single cluster.
Supreme Court climate liability case draws local attention
The Supreme Court's first argument of the term—Boulder County's lawsuit against energy companies for climate damages—received coverage from Pacific Northwest public media, Colorado's right-leaning newspaper, and Oklahoma public radio, indicating cross-ideological and cross-regional interest in the precedent.
Tennessee execution failure sparks reconsideration of methods
Christa Pike's failed lethal injection—leaving her unconscious on a ventilator with burns—prompted Tennessee Republicans to explore alternative execution methods. Coverage from Alaska, Pennsylvania, and Maine confirms this as a national death-penalty story with regional interest.
Themes by Geography
Trump's mail-in voting reversal 20 stories
Uniformly distributed through States Newsroom nonprofit network; all outlets carry nearly identical copy with state-specific branding. The pattern is one of coordinated national distribution masquerading as local coverage, with no independent reporting or regional variation in framing.
Measles resurgence and vaccination gaps 4 stories
Pennsylvania dominates with 1,000+ cases and 5 deaths; Montana adds a rural case with explicit warning about declining vaccination rates. AAPI press (Sing Tao Daily) covers Pennsylvania outbreak, suggesting concern in immigrant communities. Pattern: urban-rural divide in outbreak scale, common thread of vaccination skepticism.
Supreme Court term opening 8 stories
Climate liability (Boulder v. Suncor) dominates coverage in Western states with energy economies; voting rights and immigration cases draw attention in DC and California. Public radio and nonprofit outlets lead; newspapers follow. Regional variation reflects local stakes in energy litigation.
Data center local backlash 5 stories
Old Town, Maine bans data centers for six months; Aurora, Colorado mayor seeks to halt Trident project; Amazon announces $1B community investment amid backlash; Bend, Oregon covers G7 oil release alongside data center news. Pattern: rural and exurban communities resisting data center proliferation, with tech companies attempting preemptive goodwill investments.
Execution methods and death penalty 6 stories
Tennessee's failed lethal injection of Christa Pike prompts method reconsideration; Florida marks record 20th execution under DeSantis. Southern states push execution pace while Northern/Midwestern outlets cover as national human-interest story. Pattern: regional divergence in death penalty practice vs. national media attention.
School safety and consolidation 6 stories
Florida bus crash; Portland proposes closing 14 schools; Western Massachusetts towns vote on vocational school funding and district mergers. Pattern: fiscal pressure driving school restructuring everywhere, but acute safety failures (bus crash) concentrated in Sun Belt with aging infrastructure.
Immigration enforcement and local impact 5 stories
San Francisco family reunification after ICE detention; Houston mayor withdraws immigration enforcement grant after secret application; Chicago CBP shooting lawsuit; Arizona border wall construction fells protected cottonwood. Pattern: Democratic-run cities navigating between federal pressure and local resistance, with environmental and human-rights frames competing.
Regional Pulse
Pacific
Heavy AAPI and Hispanic press presence with international focus (Vietnam, Hong Kong, Venezuela). California state politics (Native American Day, San Francisco Democratic Party sexual assault apology) and entertainment news dominate. Climate and energy stories present but less prominent than demographic press output.
Mountain West
Active coverage of data center controversies (Colorado, Utah), energy litigation (Boulder v. Suncor), and voting law changes (Montana birthdate law struck down). Arizona border wall construction and immigration enforcement prominent. Strong mix of newspaper and nonprofit sources.
Plains
Agricultural and rural policy dominant: Iowa crop conditions, North Dakota stablecoin pilot and workforce shortage, Kansas medical debt relief. States Newsroom network heavily represented. Thin on breaking news, strong on economic trend coverage.
Midwest
Manufacturing and labor stories (Cleveland City Council, Chicago Bears, Michigan education policy), plus Supreme Court coverage via Ohio. School sports and local crime fill newspapers. Bridge Michigan and MinnPost provide investigative depth on health department dysfunction and legal reform.
South
Execution stories (Tennessee, Florida) and immigration enforcement (Texas, Florida) dominate. Black press active on political and cultural coverage (Atlanta Black Star, TheGrio, St. Louis American). Mississippi Free Press covers congressional races and education settlements. DeSantis record execution pace noted.
Mid-Atlantic
Maryland electric rate regulation, Baltimore firefighter murder trial, and Pennsylvania measles outbreak lead. DC-area Hispanic press covers Virginia/DC/Maryland voting registration. Delaware school budgets and police overtime lawsuits. Strong nonprofit presence (Maryland Matters, Baltimore Banner).
Northeast
Maine energy rebates and data center ban; Massachusetts high school sports and clergy abuse reform; Vermont 'Raise the Age' results and fire chief deployment. New York AAPI press heavily international. States Newsroom affiliates (Maine Morning Star, VTDigger) prominent. Thin on hard news relative to culture and policy.
Watch List
- Tennessee execution method change TN — Failed lethal injection of Christa Pike may prompt legislative action on alternative methods, with national precedent implications for death penalty states.
- Pennsylvania measles spread PA, NY, NJ, OH — 1,000+ cases with 5 deaths in Pennsylvania; first Allegheny County resident case suggests urban spread beyond initial clusters.
- Arizona border wall escalation AZ — Armed Border Patrol raid on 70-day protest camp and felling of protected 'grandmother' cottonwood signals intensified enforcement tactics.
- Colorado data center moratorium spread CO, ME, OR, UT — Aurora mayor's halt of Trident project after public backlash, following Old Town Maine ban, suggests growing local resistance to data center proliferation.
- Trump ad funding reversal implementation US — MAGA Inc. super PAC assuming payment for 'Patriotic Ads' may reveal coordination questions or FEC scrutiny.
- North Dakota stablecoin pilot ND — First state bank-issued stablecoin pilot (Roughrider Coin) could prompt other states to follow or federal regulatory response.
- Hispanic press Venezuela coverage CA, NY, FL — Intense focus on María Corina Machado's potential return and Trump administration positioning may signal voter mobilization in Florida and Texas.
Regional Roundtable AI analysis
Heartland Voice
The mail-in voting story is the biggest signal, but it's not really local—it's States Newsroom wallpaper. What actually matters here is the North Dakota stablecoin pilot and Iowa's wet harvest. The Heartland is where financial experimentation and climate stress are happening in real time, but national outlets only show up for caucuses. The Trump reversal on mail-in voting is being received as transactional politics, not democratic principle—voters here have long used absentee ballots for agricultural reasons.
Key call: North Dakota's Roughrider Coin will prompt at least three other Plains states to announce similar pilots within 90 days, as rural banks seek alternatives to Fed payment systems.
Dissent: The Coastal Voice overstates the significance of the Supreme Court climate case; in the Heartland, energy litigation is seen as coastal elites weaponizing courts against extractive economies that fund their pensions.
Coastal Voice
The immigration enforcement bifurcation is the critical gap. While national media covers Tom Homan's TV appearances, local outlets in San Francisco and Houston are documenting family separations and municipal resistance in real time. The AAPI and Hispanic press are ahead of everyone on this—Cali Today's coverage of ICE detention impacts and El Diario's Venezuela framing show what's actually mobilizing communities. The measles outbreak silence in national media is equally telling: 5 dead in Pennsylvania and no national mention.
Key call: The Hispanic press focus on Venezuela—María Corina Machado's return, Trump's ambiguous support—will drive measurable turnout shifts in Florida's I-4 corridor that national polls are missing.
Dissent: The Heartland Voice's stablecoin prediction is speculative; the Mountain & Tribal Voice correctly notes that tribal financial sovereignty, not state bank experiments, is the more significant underreported financial story.
Sun Belt Voice
Florida's record execution pace and the school bus crash are the dual realities here: a state that is simultaneously accelerating state violence and failing to protect children in routine transportation. DeSantis's 20th execution is governance as performance; the bus crash is governance as negligence. The Hispanic press's Venezuela coverage matters less for Florida than for Texas, where Talarico's AAPI-targeted Senate campaign is shattering spending records ($240M+) in a state national Democrats have written off.
Key call: Texas's Senate race will be decided by AAPI and Hispanic turnout in Houston and Dallas suburbs that national models underweight; Paxton's legal vulnerabilities are locally known but nationally undercovered.
Dissent: The Coastal Voice overreads Hispanic press Venezuela coverage as electoral predictor; most Florida Hispanics are Puerto Rican or Cuban, not Venezuelan, and Machado's saga resonates primarily with elite exiles, not working-class voters.
Mountain & Tribal Voice
The Line 5 aquifer breach and Arizona border wall cottonwood felling are the stories national media ignores because they don't fit partisan narratives. Bad River Band's 'we've been worried about exactly this' quote is the voice of tribal nations who have been warning about pipeline risks for decades. The border wall story is similarly long-running—70 days of protest, then armed agents at dawn. These are sovereignty stories, not immigration or environment stories, and national coverage consistently miscategorizes them.
Key call: The Supreme Court climate liability case will be decided against Boulder County, with energy-producing Western states filing amicus briefs that national outlets won't cover because they don't fit the 'corporate accountability' frame.
Dissent: The Heartland Voice's stablecoin enthusiasm misses that tribal nations already operate independent financial systems through Native-owned banks and Community Development Financial Institutions; state-level crypto is derivative, not innovative.
Underserved States
- SD
- NE
- DE
- CT
- KY
- SC
- MS
- WV
- VA
- RI
National vs Regional Bifurcation
Trump mail-in voting reversal WEAK
National narrative: National outlets frame this as hypocrisy or strategic desperation, with emphasis on Trump's prior 'inherently corrupt' claims and baseless fraud allegations.
Regional signals:
- Plains — NUANCED: Kansas Reflector and Iowa Capital Dispatch emphasize practical voter access without editorializing on hypocrisy; focus on 'any way they can' quote
- Mountain West — NUANCED: Idaho Capital Sun and Montana outlets note the reversal but pair it with ongoing GOP poll deficits in their states
- South — ALIGNED: Georgia Recorder and Louisiana Illuminator mirror national framing of strategic reversal
Implication: States Newsroom network distribution creates appearance of local coverage but is functionally national wire with state branding; minimal regional variation suggests coordinated messaging rather than independent reporting
Climate liability litigation MODERATE
National narrative: CBS News and national outlets frame Supreme Court case as major test of corporate accountability, with Boulder County's lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor as bellwether.
Regional signals:
- Mountain West — NUANCED: Denver Gazette emphasizes energy industry arguments and economic stakes for Colorado; Aurora Sentinel covers related data center backlash as companion issue
- Pacific Northwest — ALIGNED: Cascade PBS frames through PBS NewsHour national broadcast; no independent local angle
Implication: Colorado outlets show genuine local stakes in energy economy; national coverage understates regional economic anxiety about litigation precedent
Immigration enforcement STRONG
National narrative: National corpus focuses on border czar Tom Homan's CBS interview clash and ICE custody deaths; Trump administration pressure campaign against Cuba.
Regional signals:
- Pacific — DIVERGENT: KQED covers San Francisco family reunification after year of ICE detention, centering children's psychological trauma; La Opinion covers deportation flights and Venezuela opposition
- South — DIVERGENT: Houston Public Media covers Mayor Whitmire withdrawing immigration enforcement grant after secret application; Florida Phoenix covers environmental crimes, not immigration
- Mountain West — DIVERGENT: Arizona Mirror covers border wall construction felling protected cottonwood; Spanish-language TV covers deportation flights to Salvadoran prisons
Implication: Local coverage centers family separation, environmental destruction, and municipal resistance—frames largely absent from national enforcement-focused narrative. National coverage misses the local governance crisis in Democratic cities navigating federal pressure.
Measles outbreak STRONG
National narrative: National corpus silent on measles; no entries found in provided national_corpus.
Regional signals:
- Northeast — DIVERGENT: Sing Tao Daily (AAPI press) covers Pennsylvania outbreak with 5 deaths and 1,000+ cases; Pittsburgh's TribLive confirms first Allegheny County resident case
- Mountain West — DIVERGENT: Daily Montanan covers Fergus County case with explicit warning about declining vaccination rates
Implication: Major public health story with 5 confirmed deaths is entirely absent from national wire; local and ethnic press are sole carriers, suggesting national outlets are prioritizing political coverage over emerging health crises
Death penalty and execution methods MODERATE
National narrative: National corpus covers Trump approving firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan; military execution as terrorism response.
Regional signals:
- South — NUANCED: Florida's WUSF notes record 20th execution under DeSantis; Tennessee outlets cover failed lethal injection of Christa Pike with focus on method failure, not victim
- Mid-Atlantic — NUANCED: TribLive (Pittsburgh) covers Tennessee story as national news with medical detail on Pike's condition
Implication: National coverage frames execution as terrorism/retribution; local coverage emphasizes procedural failures and record pace, with Florida's volume and Tennessee's botched procedure as governance stories
Cryptocurrency and financial innovation MODERATE
National narrative: National corpus covers Solana institutional settlement with J.P. Morgan, crypto PAC Fairshake's House endorsements, and Bitcoin treasury companies.
Regional signals:
- Plains — DIVERGENT: North Dakota Monitor covers state bank stablecoin pilot with local bank partners; no national outlet mentions this
- Mountain West — ALIGNED: No local coverage found; crypto stories in corpus are national/global (Decrypt, Cointelegraph)
Implication: State-level financial innovation (North Dakota's unique public banking model) is invisible to national financial press focused on institutional crypto; suggests blind spot for public-sector fintech experimentation
Local Sentiment Landscape
Overall direction: RISK-OFF
The corpus is dominated by stories of institutional failure and physical danger: school bus deaths, execution botches, measles outbreaks, ICE family separations, pipeline aquifer breaches, and data center backlash. Even political stories (Trump's reversals) are framed as desperate or transactional rather than confident. The few optimistic notes—Native American Day holiday, medical debt relief, youth voter registration with goats—are overwhelmed by risk narratives.
Regional sentiment:
- Pacific RISK-OFF: Immigration enforcement impacts on families, environmental destruction for border wall, and AAPI press focus on international conflict and diaspora community safety
- Mountain West RISK-OFF: Energy litigation, data center resistance, and voting law changes create governance anxiety; Arizona border militarization adds physical threat perception
- Plains MIXED: Agricultural stress (wet harvest, workforce shortage) balanced by financial innovation (stablecoin pilot) and medical debt relief
- Midwest RISK-OFF: School consolidation pressures, health department dysfunction, and urban infrastructure decay dominate; sports and entertainment provide escapist counterweight
- South RISK-OFF: Execution acceleration, immigration enforcement, and education system takeovers create atmosphere of state violence and institutional instability
- Mid-Atlantic RISK-OFF: Measles outbreak, firefighter murder trial, and electric rate regulation failures create public safety and utility anxiety
- Northeast RISK-OFF: Clergy abuse reform stalled, school district mergers forced by costs, and energy price pressure; Vermont 'Raise the Age' success is rare positive note
Demographic sentiment:
- AAPI RISK-OFF: International conflict coverage (China-Philippines, Russia-Ukraine, Middle East) dominates; domestic stories focus on immigration enforcement and political representation
- Hispanic RISK-OFF: Venezuela political crisis, deportation fears, and immigration enforcement dominate; employment and health service stories provide partial counterweight
- Black MIXED: Political mobilization (CBC conference, candidate campaigns) and cultural celebration (EBONY POWER 100, CultureCon) balance coverage of systemic abuse (Nolan Wells case, $4.4M settlement for enslaved siblings)
- Tribal RISK-OFF: Environmental destruction (Line 5 aquifer breach, border wall tree felling) and voting rights barriers dominate; Native Vote Week and IHS legislative wins provide limited optimism
Issue sentiment:
- public safety RISK-OFF: school bus deaths, execution failures, police shootings, and violent crime dominate
- healthcare access RISK-OFF: measles outbreaks, IHS emergency care delays, and medical debt relief as partial response
- immigration enforcement RISK-OFF: family separation, municipal resistance, and border wall destruction
- education RISK-OFF: school consolidation, district takeovers, and funding crises
- environment RISK-OFF: pipeline breaches, border wall destruction, and climate litigation
- housing/infrastructure MIXED: data center backlash and energy rebate proposals in tension
- jobs/wages MIXED: teacher bonuses and workforce shortages balanced by low-wage service jobs
- local government RISK-OFF: budget deficits, secret grant applications, and partisan election administration changes
Lean distribution: L: 0 · LC: 0 · C: 0 · RC: 0 · R: 0
Demographic Divergence
Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado's return Hispanic
La Opinion and El Diario NY frame as urgent democratic necessity with Trump's ambiguous support as betrayal; emphasize Machado's Nobel Peace Prize and personal risk
Evidence: El Diario NY: 'Trump elogia a María Corina Machado, pero evita apoyar su regreso a Venezuela'; La Opinion: 'Trump dice que todo saldrá bien sobre el regreso'
Implication: Hispanic press treats Venezuela as high-priority diaspora issue where English-language outlets ignore; typically precedes Hispanic voter turnout shifts in Florida and Texas
ICE detention family impacts AAPI
Cali Today (Vietnamese-American) covers Florida school bus crash with Vietnamese victim framing; KQED covers San Francisco family reunification with children's psychological trauma
Evidence: Cali Today: 'Tai nạn liên hoàn, xe buýt trường học Florida bị lật'; KQED: 'How 3 Daughters Have Coped After ICE Detained Their Mother'
Implication: AAPI press covers immigration enforcement through family separation and educational disruption, not border statistics; overlaps with Hispanic press concerns but with distinct community entry points
Native American Day and tribal sovereignty Tribal
Native News Online covers IHS emergency care bill and Native Vote Week as civic participation stories; ICT covers Line 5 aquifer breach as sovereignty and environmental justice
Evidence: Native News Online: 'Senate Passes Bill Extending Emergency Care Reporting Deadline for IHS Patients'; ICT: 'Line 5 pipeline construction crews breach Wisconsin aquifer'
Implication: Tribal press treats federal policy as existential where general press treats as niche; environmental stories have sovereignty frame invisible to environmental coverage elsewhere
Black political mobilization and systemic abuse Black
Atlanta Black Star and TheGrio cover Trump behavior as mental fitness question; St. Louis American covers local sports and education success; Black Enterprise covers economic achievement
Evidence: Atlanta Black Star: 'Trump Boasts About Taking Extra Pills'; TheGrio: 'Rep. Angie Nixon gets vulnerable'; Black Enterprise: 'EBONY POWER 100 honorees'
Implication: Black press maintains dual frame of political opposition and cultural celebration; general market coverage reduces Black communities to protest or victimhood, missing entrepreneurial and institutional optimism
Chinese-language international affairs coverage AAPI
Sing Tao Daily covers Hong Kong fire safety, Chinese education policy, and entertainment news with no US domestic angle; effectively international press for diaspora readers
Evidence: Sing Tao Daily: '嶺大校長秦泗釗專訪', '消防處推《操守約章》', '許志安閉關備戰紅館騷'
Implication: Significant portion of AAPI press is not 'ethnic local news' but transnational media consumption; counting it as US local coverage distorts understanding of information diets
Single-Source Spikes
Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Rep. Jeff Crank
LIKELY SCOOP — The Denver Gazette has an exclusive on a Colorado congressional race attack ad featuring Virginia Giuffre's relatives, with no other outlets carrying this specific story. The specificity of the ad content and candidate targeting suggests genuine local reporting.
Bank of North Dakota announces stablecoin pilot program with local partners
LIKELY SCOOP — Unique state-level cryptocurrency initiative (Roughrider Coin) with four local banks participating. No other state banking system has announced similar stablecoin pilots; the story reflects North Dakota's distinctive public banking model.
Line 5 pipeline construction crews breach Wisconsin aquifer
LIKELY SCOOP — Tribal outlet breaking environmental story with Bad River Band quote that confirms on-ground impact. The national framing and tribal sourcing suggest undercoverage in general-market Wisconsin press.
US citizen shot by immigration agent in Chicago files lawsuit alleging agent fired from behind
AWAITING CONFIRMATION — AP pickup by Maine outlet; the underlying lawsuit is real but the 'fired from behind' allegation is a single-source claim from plaintiff's filing. Needs corroboration from court documents or additional reporting.
Ketamine emerges as key factor in alleged Cornell sex assault
POSSIBLY ISOLATED — Hawaii outlet carrying a New York story with no clear local angle; likely wire or syndicated content. The ketamine detail is specific but the geographic disconnect suggests this is not original reporting.
Keyword Signals
- Trump mail-in voting 20 — coordinated States Newsroom distribution across 19 states
- measles 5 — Pennsylvania outbreak with 5 deaths; Montana Fergus County case
- Supreme Court 12 — new term opens with climate liability, voting rights, immigration cases
- execution 6 — Tennessee failed lethal injection; Florida record 20th execution
- data center 5 — local backlash in Maine, Colorado, Oregon; Amazon $1B community investment
- school bus 3 — Florida crash killing student and driver
- kratom 3 — Georgia toddler death; Pennsylvania House regulation bill; synthetic variants
- stablecoin 2 — North Dakota Roughrider Coin pilot; crypto treasury companies
- border wall 3 — Arizona cottonwood felling; immigration enforcement
- pneumonic plague 3 — Russian lab death; biosecurity concerns
- ICE 4 — San Francisco family detention; Houston grant withdrawal; Chicago shooting
- fentanyl 2 — Oregon distribution guilty plea; Georgia toddler overdose
- Native American 3 — California paid holiday; tribal voting rights; pipeline aquifer breach
- GLP-1 1 — reshaping America, new uses emerging
- IHS 2 — Senate bill extending emergency care reporting deadline
Source Diversity Audit
Lean distribution: L: 0 · LC: 0 · C: 0 · RC: 0 · R: 0
Category distribution: Newspaper: 195 · Online: 88 · Nonprofit: 183 · Public Radio: 72 · Public Media: 4 · Hispanic: 12 · Tribal: 6 · Resort: 8 · Magazine: 3 · Crypto: 23 · Coastal: 6
Blind spots: No right-leaning local sources in the corpus; all 'RC' items are Denver Gazette and Las Vegas Review-Journal only. Rural Deep South (MS, AL, SC, LA) and Appalachia (WV, KY, TN rural) underrepresented beyond statehouse-focused nonprofits. No Black press in the South outside Atlanta-DC corridor.