Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive hurricanes. Here, smoke plumes and hurricane clouds are visible at once (photo courtesy of…
WHEN SHE FIRST RAN for state representative more than 30 years ago, Pat Jehlen said it took long days door-knocking in her Somerville district to capture the seat. With her…
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Elsie Werito, 84, a member of the To’hajiilee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, waits in line to cast her ballot on Nov. 2, 2004. Werito said she has been voting…
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe pictured Jan. 24, 2024. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM) Several races from Tuesday’s Primary Election needed an additional day to wrap up. The…
Washington U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, has introduced the ‘Fatal Overdose Reduction Act’ to take a Washington model for treating opioid addiction nationwide. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Imagine if anyone…
Rep. Les Farnum asks a question during the May 26, 2022, meeting of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) Officials in Louisiana will soon be free to…
(Photo by Source NM) The two people running to represent District 29 in the New Mexico Senate remain in place after Tuesday’s election, because they were the only ones running…
A solar and battery storage development operated by Entergy in Searcy, Arkansas. Solar power growth is expected to help some parts of the country meet electric demand this summer. (Robert…
Early Tuesday morning, a select circle of state senators began filing into the office of Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, on the fourth floor of the state capitol building…