Wyoming now only state without protections for those who help overdosing friends
Kelsie Maureen Clutter didn’t have to die. “Just one phone call could have saved her life,” said her friend, Danika Stone. Clutter started getting sick a lot around age 18…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
Doug Goyings, a fifth-generation farmer in northwestern Ohio, received a USDA Rural Energy for America Program grant in 2023 to install a 288-panel solar array (seen at left) at his…
ACLU urges citizen oversight of police surveillance in cities like Milwaukee
A Milwaukee police squad in front of the Municipal Court downtown. (Photo | Isiah Holmes) “You don’t know when privacy will matter,” Jon McCray Jones, a policy analyst at the…
Biden addresses ‘humanitarian crisis in Gaza’ amid growing tensions on campuses
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MAY 19: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Morehouse College Commencement as a faculty member stands and faces away from the stage in protest of the…
Hoping to learn more about Medicare enrollment? Check out this Pocatello workshop.
The Pocatello workshop is designed for caregivers, people approaching Medicare eligibility or turning age 65, and anyone who wants to learn how Medicare works. (Getty Images) Idaho insurance officials are…
Youngkin vetoes bills on contraception access, skill games, Confederate heritage rollbacks
Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaking with reporters outside the Capitol Building on March 7, 2024. (Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) Last week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 48 more bills passed by the Democratic-led…
Virginia school board restores Confederate names
Crews work to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson in Richmond. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) Proud and satisfied, or sad and embarrassed. However citizens of the commonwealth view Shenandoah…
Documenting and preserving Virginia’s largest, most revered trees
This enormous national champion tulip poplar is located in Bedford County, Va. and stands roughly the height of a 14-story building with a trunk circumference of over 30 feet. (Courtesy…
‘No Easy Answers’ For How To Keep Hawaii’s Smallest Public Schools Open And Thriving
Principals at small schools say they need more money to adequately serve students, but some state leaders say school consolidation and closures could be the answer.
The Air Force Wants To Build 7 New Telescopes On Maui To Track Space Debris
The plans for the project on Haleakala’s summit drew significant opposition last week during public scoping meetings that are part of the environmental review process.