If you missed our latest Lahaina investigation over the weekend, check it out. Hawaiian Electric was very, VERY far behind on replacing utility poles in Maui. The type of poles that fall over in high winds and cause fires. wsj.com/us-news/climat…

“We’re keeping our eyes on the news and keeping our fingers crossed for rain.” How a drought along the Mississippi is threatening New Orleans’s drinking water supply. wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal Shannon Scott Calvert

Weird happenings in the Mississippi as saltwater intrudes upriver towards New Orleans. Take a look at this cool explainer from Shannon Scott Calvert and the @wsj team: wsj.com/us-news/climat…

Lightning storm in Hays, Kansas —

"Some rural areas, such as the counties Bolton Fleming oversees, have an added challenge: Few or no lawyers practice nearby." Shannon The Wall Street Journal on the difficulties of ensuring justice is served when legal representation is scarce. wsj.com/us-news/law/la…

Stop Making Fentanyl or Die--the Sinaloa cartel, the leading exporter of fentanyl to the U.S., is cracking down on its own trafficking of the opioid wsj.com/world/americas… via Jose de Cordoba

Drought Leaves Midwest Towns ‘Drier Than the Dust Bowl’. Nearly the entire state of Iowa is in drought, with a large portion in extreme drought, the second most intense category tracked by the Drought Center bit.ly/3QLnW9Y by Shannon via The Wall Street Journal

"Experts in public-water systems and hydrology said the crises reflect rainfall patterns, a changing climate and some small towns’ limited ability to take on costly infrastructure projects that could expand their water supplies," wrote Shannon The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/us-news/climat…

Your Ambulance Is on the Way. ETA: 65 Minutes. wsj.com/us-news/your-a…

Your Ambulance Is on the Way. ETA: 65 Minutes. Rural patients can wait an hour or more for emergency responders from strained services “There’s no one coming to help us.” Grim dispatch from Shannon —> wsj.com/us-news/your-a…

Council Grove, Kansas —

A cyberattack has crippled Kansas courts, making it mostly impossible to complete legal tasks online on.wsj.com/3uzqpwD on.wsj.com/3uzqpwD

Amazing story by Shannon illustrating the rural ambulance crisis via a Nebraska town where residents can wait more than an hour for help ... sometimes from a South Dakota ambulance service staffed w/ 28 volunteers covering an area larger than Conn. wsj.com/us-news/your-a…

Why are cities closing shelters when homelessness is rising? Story today with Dan Frosch wsj.com/us-news/why-ar…

Why is it so hard to build affordable housing in California? One LA project -- 17 years in the making -- gives some clues and a window into what might be changing. My latest w/ Will Parker wsj.com/real-estate/ho…

The U.S. count of homeless people surged 12% to a new high. The WSJ previously reported Americans were ending up homeless at a record rate. Shannon wsj.com/us-news/record… via The Wall Street Journal

“Hell no, we won’t go!” San Francisco is ground zero for the latest pickleball battle in America: a fight over between players and owners of some of the priciest mansions in the nation. wsj.com/real-estate/sa… via The Wall Street Journal

Hello from Nowhere

BREAKING: Trump team has removed the top IRS attorney as career staff resist demands to give DOGE access to sensitive taxpayer records, multiple sources say DHS has sought home addresses of undocumented immigrants who pay taxes W/ (((Jacob Bogage))) & Shannon