5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (405+ words) A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (181+ words) Kiowa County Press Governor Polis appoints V. William Scarpato, III to 2nd Judicial District Court Colorado Governor Jared Polis has appointed V. William Scarpato, III to the 2nd Judicial District Court in Denver, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Bruce…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1682+ words) President Donald Trump tried to maintain power following his loss in the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state election officials to, in some cases, “find” the votes. Loyalist Republicans in Congress then attempted to deny Joe Biden the Oval Office…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (343+ words) The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030, according to a Wednesday notice in the Federal Register. The move is likely to face legal…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (264+ words) Attorneys for the New Mexico Department of Justice are expected to make their opening arguments Wednesday in the state’s case against Facebook for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Attorneys general across the nation joined multi-state lawsuits against…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (567+ words) Florida physicians want a formal hearing on the DeSantis administration’s latest effort to weaken vaccine requirements for Florida schoolchildren. The Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians on Wednesday sent notice to the Department of Health requesting a rule…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (283+ words) A landmark law and one of the country’s largest sources of funding for maintenance and repair on public lands expired last year and now, a coalition of environmental groups is pressing Congress to restore it. Committees in both the House…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (431+ words) New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard on Friday signed an executive order that bans all new uranium mining projects on the more than 13 million acres of state trust lands she oversees. Garcia Richard, a Democrat who has…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (753+ words) The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews that have been standard for decades. An industry-initiated proposed rule announced by the U.S. Bureau of Land…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (280+ words) © tupungato - iStock-1002099350 As the nation takes a step back to appreciate labor history on September 7, Americans are giving unions a vote of confidence, with new polling showing more than 70% approve of unions. The new Gallup poll also found nearly half…...