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Texas poll finds 79% of voters say water projects are a top priority after historic funding vote
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (619+ words) "Voters are paying close attention to the headlines about Texas' growth." Texas voters increasingly seem to view water security as a statewide issue connected to everyday life and the state's overall stability, rather than as a narrow infrastructure matter. In…...
'Musk' documentary premiere warns DOGE data could power AI election meddling
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (477+ words) "Moving that data would have been as simple … as moving a file into a folder." Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's new documentary "Musk" is arriving at the Venice Film Festival with a warning that stretches far beyond the public image of…...
Trump shrank Utah's Grand Staircase by 90%, dismissing prized dinosaur fossils as 'common"
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (623+ words) "An absolute distortion of reality." In southeastern Utah, crews had to call in a Chinook helicopter to extract a 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossil after a Black Hawk could not lift the nearly 5,000-pound block of rock around it. On July 13, the…...
Michigan re-examines Line 5 tunnel permits after Supreme Court says harms weren't weighed
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (769+ words) "The Straits are our homeland, not a corridor for a foreign oil company." A Michigan Supreme Court decision is forcing state regulators to revisit permits for Enbridge's Line 5 tunnel project after the justices said officials had not fully considered the…...
Twenty states, DC, sue over Trump's rollback of endangered species habitat rules
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (453+ words) "These new rules … open the door to further species decline and possible extinctions." A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C., is taking President Donald Trump's administration to court over changes to endangered-species protections that they argue strip away key habitat…...
Pennsylvania governor's race centers on gas, rent, and grocery bills as prices keep climbing
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (772+ words) "It's like everyone is just one accident away from not being able to live." For many Pennsylvania voters, the 2026 governor's race is not centered on slogans so much as it is on whether gas, rent, groceries, and health care will…...
Massachusetts directs $18.2 million to Cambridge housing projects, paving way for 162 affordable units
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (607+ words) "None of it would be possible without crucial funding support from the Commonwealth." In Cambridge, Massachusetts, where housing costs continue to weigh on residents, a new state financing round is pushing two affordable developments closer to construction. The city's share…...
Arizona condo owner says HOA quietly passed 17-page parking rules using AI-generated draft
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (568+ words) The owner described the draft as "riddled with misapplied and made-up laws created by AI." An Arizona condo owner says a five-page proposal from their HOA allegedly ballooned into a 17-page document packed with what the resident described as AI-generated…...
Washington weighs eviction pause for renters hit by wildfire income losses
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (589+ words) Spokane officials are weighing a local eviction safeguard for renters hit financially by disasters, now that the state's fire-related pause on some removals has ended. The measure would pause certain evictions for tenants whose earnings fall because of wildfires or…...
California council eyes warehouse moratorium, broader utility aid, and turf watering phaseout
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (620+ words) "When our residents tell us that affordability is an issue, we need to listen." California's Ontario City Council is weighing a significant shift in how the city manages growth and supports residents struggling with basic costs. According to Hey SoCal,…...