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What, exactly, is happening with coal mining in Alberta?

Local activists rally during the 'Protect Our Water' protest against coal mining in the Eastern Slopes, held outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on January 25, 2025.

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The PACs for public lands

A view of the Idaho state capitol building downtown with overlooking mountains at the back.

America’s safest midsize cities in 2026

Flatirons and mountain ranges seen behind the Stearns Lake in an autumn landscape in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.

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Border wall plans threaten rural infrastructure and cross-border life in Big Bend

The banks of the Rio Grande near Presidio, Texas.

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Why Pennsylvania’s secretary of the commonwealth has a unique understanding of noncitizen voting

Adrian Fontes, Secretary of State of Arizona, and Al Schmidt, Secretary of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, arriving for a Senate Rules and Administration Hearings in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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Kansas Legislature’s GOP supermajority embraces rule that skirts debate, muffles dissent

Rep. Barb Wasinger stands April 9, 2026, outside the House chamber.

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EPA launches a ‘back-to-basics’ blueprint to help rural drinking water systems

A water tower near the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Big Meat’s ties to USDA top official revealed

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears attends her first sub-cabinet meeting with Secretary Sonny Perdue, Deputy Secretary Steve Censky and colleagues in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.

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What 37 election experts say could disrupt the 2026 elections

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) speaks at a press conference on March 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Homes on the range: Is a federal affordable housing policy leading to a public lands selloff?

A view of Main Avenue in Durango, featuring the oldest bank building in Colorado.

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How state and local anti-discrimination laws are expanding worker protections

A supervisor leads his team for a briefing inside a manufacturing factory.

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Some major Trump donors are now reaping billions in ICE contracts

An officer closing a security gate at the GEO Group Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California.

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America’s babies get a tiny slice of the federal budget

A baby holding an image of a pie chart with categories in different colors.

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Michigan AG won’t appeal decision to drop charges against 2020 'false electors'

U.S. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan State University.