States beg insurers not to drop climate-threatened homes
A man pulls a boat through a flooded neighborhood in Barataria, in August 2021 after Hurricane Ida hit the area, one of several storms that have battered Louisiana in recent…
BBC ‘World Questions’ comes to Michigan to discuss the 2024 election
The BBC’s Anu Anand speaks during the BBC’s World Questions held in Lansing, Michigan on June 4, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) The BBC came to Michigan’s Capital city on…
Lacking State Funding, Rural Schools Struggle to Provide Remote Health Care
The equipment was ready at the Randolph Central School District in western New York. Two mobile telehealth carts, one at the elementary school and one at the high school, stood…
Does Mississippi have any campaign finance rules? Legislative inaction, AG’s statements leave doubt
An attempt to reform Mississippi’s lax, antiquated and jacked-up campaign finance laws went over like a lead balloon with lawmakers in this year’s legislative session, with Republicans and Democrats alike…
Regulators approve request from Dominion to drop RGGI fee on customer bills
Dominion Energy offices in Richmond, Va. (Parker Michels-Boyce/ For the Virginia Mercury) The average Dominion Energy Virginia residential customer will soon see a charge of about $4.50 dropped from their…
Bird flu’s spread from poultry to cattle to humans provokes worry among feds, states
The USDA has performed more than 17,000 tests for avian influenza on cattle, with a total of 67 herds affected throughout nine states. (Getty Images) Dairy farmers throughout the country…
An Alaska wildlife refuge is changing its wildfire strategy to limit carbon emissions
The Goose Fire is seen burning in the Yukon Flats in northeast Alaska, about 41 miles east of Fort Yukon, on Aug. 4, 2022. Wildfires are part of the Yukon…
Oregon lawmakers begin work on transportation package focused on maintaining roads
Traffic drives through the first phase of the Aurora-Donald interchange project, one of the projects highlighted in the 2017 transportation package. (Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr) Seven years ago, lawmakers poured…
Watch: A Beverly Hills abortion fight exposes ‘reproductive freedom’ limits
A proposed clinic that would have performed later abortions was blocked from opening in Beverly Hills. As Gov. Newsom focuses on access for Arizona women, officials are overlooking barriers for…
Which CA voters still don’t have full access?
Jeff Thom shares his experiences and unique challenges as a blind voter in Sacramento on May 14, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters State officials often tout how easy…