Google Search States In The News Carousel

Google Search has this newish news or top stories carousel format that Google titled “States in the news.” It shows you news or top stories from news publishers related to the query by U.S. state.

Here is a screenshot:

Here is a GIF of it in action:

I spotted this via Khushal Bherwani who posted about it on X.

I guess this makes sense for political news?

Forum discussion at X.