US greenlights major transmission line for renewable energy in Western states
The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2023The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2023Conservatives in the one-house Nebraska Legislature announced early this month that they would amend the trans health bill to squeeze in the abortion restrictions, combining the two most contentious measures of the session.
By Associated Press - May 20, 2023The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2023The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.
By Associated Press - May 14, 2023The Supreme Court ruled in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the 5th Circuit was wrong to rule against Estrella Santos-Zacaria.
By Associated Press - May 13, 2023Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023The Food and Drug Administration guidelines finalized Thursday ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) blamed Democrats after he was criticized by the White House for refusing to denounce extremists serving in the military.
By Associated Press - May 11, 2023The law makes New York the third state to make it possible for residents to access contraception without going to a doctor.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2023President Biden dropped by the vice president's meeting with the heads of Google and Microsoft after the administration announced investments in artificial intelligence research.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2023Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day is held every May 5, which was the birthday of Hanna Harris, a 21-year-old woman who was found dead after going missing in 2013.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2023A law ending all licenses for clinics by 2024 was blocked by an injunction while it is challenged in court.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2023The three-term congressman is the third candidate to declare his candidacy to replace Sen. Ben Cardin.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2023The first transgender legislator elected in the state's history was barred from the House floor, and she'll now have to be reelected before she can return in 2025.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2023The NFL veteran and Obama administration alum will seek to be the first Democrat elected statewide in Texas since 1994.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2023A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Montana Republicans banned Zephyr, a trans woman and freshman state legislator, from being in the House chamber after she spoke up against anti-trans legislation.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023This is at least the third bill targeting transgender youth signed into law under Gov. Kevin Stitt.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Two Republicans joined Democrats to reject a proposal that would have limited the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer abortion care.
By Associated Press - April 23, 2023Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr was not allowed to speak at all during sessions this week in the state's House of Representatives, including on anti-trans bills that the Republican majority is seeking to pass.
By Associated Press - April 22, 2023The order will create a White House Office for Environmental Justice and require several federal agencies to take steps to protect Americans from the effects of pollution.
By Associated Press - April 21, 2023A county commissioner reportedly discussed hanging Black people because 'they got more rights than we got' and knowing 'two or three hit men' while talking with a sheriff and other officials.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2023With the guidance of conservative think tanks and prominent Republicans, over 30 bills have been proposed in state legislatures across the country targeting gender, race and sexuality studies.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2023The ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday blocked FDA changes from 2016 allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be delivered by mail.
By Associated Press - April 13, 2023North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, effectively prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. Lawmakers in the House and Senate passed the bills with veto-proof majorities this year. If the governor had vetoed the bills or refused to […]
By Associated Press - April 13, 2023The new funds are part of President Joe Biden’s plan to switch to renewable sources of energy as climate change intensifies.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2023The state Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill restricting the rights of transgender athletes on Wednesday, one day after passing a bathroom ban.
By Associated Press - April 08, 2023The first of its kind in the U.S., Idaho’s new law bans people from helping minors obtain abortions without parental consent.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2023Indiana’s law mandates trans youth stop receiving medication before 2024. Idaho’s law makes providing gender-affirming health care a felony.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were accused of ‘disorderly behavior’ for chanting in support of gun safety legislation after a Nashville school shooting left six dead.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023