Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown wants to revive plans for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada, saying not building it is “an incredible loss of revenue for our state,” report Nevada Current and News from the States.
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Families gathered outside the U.S. Capitol this week to “make a fuss for babies,” who they believe are being left behind by lawmakers who direct only a fraction of U.S. resources to young children, reports News from the States, via Washington State Standard.
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Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, report Alaska Beacon and News from the States.
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Ahead of her testimony in a lawsuit against the agency, Oregon Department of Human Services attorneys have subpoenaed nine years of state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin’s correspondence with hundreds of people, report Oregon Capital Chronicle and News from the States.
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Two companies doing business in Las Vegas, the Boring Company and Black Iron, are among the “Dirty Dozen” identified by the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health as workplace safety offenders, report Nevada Current and News from the States.
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Montana Republican lawmakers formed a committee to review changes to the judiciary, with which they have a contentious relationship. They spent the first day considering the constitutional separation of powers, report Daily Montanan and News from the States.
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Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, reports News from the States, via Idaho Capital Sun.
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Former President Donald Trump tells Time magazine that he would carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by utilizing local law enforcement, the National Guard and potentially the U.S. military, reports News from the States, via Arizona Mirror || bsky @azmirror.com.
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Officials in many states are rethinking their excitement about attracting big data centers as the steep energy cost becomes more clear, reports Stateline, via Utah News Dispatch and News from the States.
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The fate of one the largest wind farms ever proposed in Washington now rests with Gov. Jay Inslee, who has 60 days to decide, report Washington State Standard and News from the States.
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As the Alaska Legislature enters the final two weeks of its regular session, lawmakers are consolidating their attention on a handful of subjects, rolling together bills into bigger “omnibus” legislation, report Alaska Beacon and News from the States.
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A former Oregon Department of Human Services caregiver was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a woman with developmental disabilities by having sex with her, report Oregon Capital Chronicle and News from the States.
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After years of decline, enrollments numbers are finally growing again at Nevada's largest public university, report Nevada Current and News from the States.
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The Tough Guy antics of some western governors are a crude and inaccurate parody of the real values of the west, says editor Darrell Ehrlick, via Daily Montanan and News from the States.
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The Biden administration plans to remove marijuana from a list of the most dangerous and highly regulated drugs, reports News from the States, via Idaho Capital Sun.
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Arizona Republican lawmakers want to ban Democrats from using meeting rooms in the Capitol after they staged a drag queen story hour sponsored by Planned Parenthood in the building, report Arizona Mirror || bsky @azmirror.com and News from the States.
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After police broke up a brief protest over the Gaza war, the University of Utah says it will continue to enforce the rule of law, report Utah News Dispatch and News from the States.
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The number of students in Washington’s school system experiencing homelessness climbed last year, to about 3.8% of all students, report Washington State Standard and News from the States.
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The survival of Alaska's Native languages is at a delicate moment, caught between slow-moving efforts to preserve them and the dwindling number of fluent speakers, an advisory panel warns, report Alaska Beacon and News from the States.
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