Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, tours the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continued to burn on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by…
No limit, year-round lion hunting? Wyoming lawmaker looks to end science-based management
Since 1973, Wyoming has managed mountain lions in a way that promotes their existence, using regulations that have allowed the native felines to bounce back from extreme scarcity. Cougars were…
Montana Democratic Party to hire new director, Sheila Hogan retires
Photo illustration by Getty Images. The Montana Democratic Party is on solid financial footing and has the largest number of volunteers it has ever had as Sheila Hogan departs her…
Montana Senate Judicial committee takes up bill that criminalizes care for transgender youth
Sen. John Fuller, R-Whitefish, waits to present Senate Bill 164, which would make procuring or providing certain care for transgender youth a felony. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan) A doctor couldn’t…
NM Legislature Day 5 recap: Senior Day shenanigans
From left, Fern Reyna, Laverne Zaragoza and Alfie LeValdo traveled from the Pueblo of Acoma to seek lawmaker’s support for additional funds for their senior center. (Danielle Prokop / Source…
GOP members of Congress line up behind Schimel in high court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner) The members of Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation formally endorsed Brad Schimel in the April Wisconsin Supreme Court election Monday in a…
Wyoming lawmakers double down on ‘protecting female spaces’ with bills to police gender in bathrooms, sports
While Worland Republican Rep. Martha Lawley was door-knocking this fall, she said, she heard one constituent concern over all others, even more than property tax. “I would often hear, ‘You…
Former West Tenn. Rep. Curtis Halford dead at 81; Colleagues remember his heart for service
Tennessee State Capitol. (Photo: John Partipilo) Former Tennessee State Rep. Curtis Halford died on Jan. 24 at the age of 81. Halford, a Republican in Dyer, Tennessee, served Gibson County…
Minnesota House operations stuck in the mud
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon presided over the House chamber on Jan. 27, 2025, as Democrats continued to boycott the Capitol. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. Operations of the…
House Higher Education Committee to consider bills on academic offerings, DEI changes
Higher education bills slated for subcommittee meetings touch on reviewing and changing public university courses and course requirements. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa House of Representatives’ new…