Clock is ticking for U.S. Congress to expand RECA benefits for Idahoans
Tammy Tesson Puhlmann, 63, who now lives in Villa Ridge, Missouri, shows photos of her son Drew as she sat in the Russell Senate Office Building on May 22, 2024.…
Feds, state and private landowners designate 2.7 million acre Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape
The entrance to the Tooele Army Depot in Tooele is pictured on Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) A sweeping, unique approach to land…
Gordon slams Wyoming Freedom Caucus for coal-policy misinformation
Gov. Mark Gordon blasted the Wyoming Freedom Caucus this week in a letter and subsequent interview with WyoFile after the hard-line group of Republican lawmakers attacked the governor in an…
Doctors urge U.S. Supreme Court to include abortion as stabilizing care under federal law
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, while justices hear oral arguments about whether federal law protects emergency abortion care. (Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON —…
Grants tackle causes of food insecurity as rising costs plague Maryland families
Inflation continues to drop, but high prices linger, particularly for groceries. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. Maryland families continue to feel a pinch in their budgets from rising grocery and…
Iowa HHS director says agency will work to make health care more accessible
Iowa Health and Human Services Director Kelly Garcia spoke to reporters at a recording of Iowa Press on May 24, 2024. (Photo via Iowa PBS screenshot) Iowa Health and Human…
Fewer Vermont weddings expected this year after boom in 2022
The Equinox Golf Resort and Spa in Manchester on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger MANCHESTER — One afternoon in February, a woman in a strapless white gown…
Getting to know Montana Public Service Commissioner candidates
Montana Public Service Commission (via PSC Twitter account). About these Q&As The Daily Montanan sent candidates in this race a list of five questions prepared by staff members. Candidates who…
UAW files objections to Mercedes-Benz union vote
A white board at UAW headquarters in Coaling, Alabama says “Onward” on Friday, May 17, 2024. Local Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance voted against unionizing. (Laura Chramer for Alabama Reflector) The…
North Charleston flag makers lean into their families’ military roots as business grows
Left to right, Max Berry, Katie Lyon and Wes Lyon, in 2018 founded Allegiance Flag Supply in North Charleston. (Provided by Allegiance) NORTH CHARLESTON — Katie Lyon grew up with…