Commission calls for expanding quahog transplant program, rejects call for more nitrogen discharges
A man and his dog deliver hundreds of pounds of quahogs dug up by local shellfishermen for transplant to quahog spawner sanctuaries off the Sakonnet River and outer Greenwich Bay…
Easing federal marijuana rules: There’s still a long way to go
In this photo illustration, marijuana joints and buds, also known as ‘flower’, are viewed on May 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images) More than a…
Virginia sees increase in forested buffers, but watershed struggling to meet goals
A forested buffer planted along Reedy Creek in Richmond. (Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) State and regional partners in Virginia saw an increase in forested buffers planted within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed…
Dueling GOP budgets: NC House Repubs advance proposal that Senate counterparts say is too generous
NC House Speaker Tim Moore presides over Wednesday’s budget debate. (Photo: NCGA video stream) Republicans in the state House were hit from all sides Wednesday as they gave preliminary approval…
Picking up litter, propping up lives
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: A homeless man sits along Wall Street during the beginning of the Christmas holiday week on December 23, 2019 in New York City.…
Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights
Democratic women serving in the U.S. Senate held a press conference on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, about reproductive rights. Left to right, Sens. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Amy Klobuchar of…
Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) at the Mackinac Policy Conference, May 30, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats held a press conference Tuesday to stand up for…
Scientists argue over the origins of COVID-19 before U.S. Senate panel
A researcher works in a lab that is developing testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation on Feb. 28, 2020 in Nutley, New…
After U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow bump stocks, U.S. Senate rejects bill to ban them
Gun wall rack with rifles | Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts blocked a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would ban bump stocks following a Supreme Court decision that…
How hot weather can tamper with your words
Politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches when the temperature outside is 75-80 degrees or hotter, a study recently published in the journal iScience finds. (Grist/Getty Images) Heat waves…