Creative, visual storytelling by AP made an instant talker out of the Hawaii Legislature’s effort to claim the universal “hang loose” sign an official state gesture — and in the process, captured Hawaii residents’ deep connection to the so-called “shaka.”Read more
An all-format AP crew stayed in Elmore, Vermont — population 800 — for five days to paint a portrait of small-town democracy in its purest form, following residents with different political views as they came together with civility to debate and vote on issues important to the community in their annual Town Meeting.Read more
AP’s story illustrates how evolving state legislation on physician-assisted death impacts Americans.Read more
AP investigated the changes in communities where refugees have been settling, to see if the government refugee system had rebounded after cuts enacted during Donald Trump's administration.Read more
