The CuMo Exploration Project aims to search for minerals that could lead to a mine years later in mountains outside Boise. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun) Mining has played an important…
People camp on the sidewalk near Old Town in Portland. (Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle) This is the second in a three-part series on the national rise in local camping bans…
Several years after an international spotlight illuminated the vulnerabilities of Wyoming’s business regulations and privacy laws, state lawmakers will consider a slate of bills in the 2025 general session aimed…
Surrounded by witnesses and family members, Nellie Tayloe Ross was sworn in as Wyoming’s governor on Jan. 5, 1925. As the 20th century hit its quarter mark, Prohibition was on,…
As most of us have heard, a health care CEO was recently murdered in New York City. It goes without saying that no one should ever condone this kind of…
Fallout from a resurrected Civil War-era abortion ban and a citizen-led abortion-rights ballot measure have put the issue at the center of many critical races in Arizona. (Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona…
The Colorado Capitol on May 9, 2023. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) About one quarter of Colorado legislators next session will be new to the Capitol building. The bulk of them will…
President-elect Donald Trump will face significant hurdles to enacting his campaign pledge to ban transgender youth from participating in school sports that align with their gender identity. (Photo by Getty…
Steve Harrison, a former delegate and senator and the clerk of the House of Delegates for the last 10 years, will retire this year when a new clerk is elected…
An office sits vacant in San Francisco in October 2022. The city is one of several across the country offering incentives to convert unused office space into housing. (Justin Sullivan…