14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (497+ words) The wind damage in northwest Indiana caused more than 350,000 outages. Indiana officials are pushing to expand federal disaster assistance after a punishing stretch of August storms damaged homes, flooded neighborhoods, and left thousands of residents seeking support. Since FEMA approved…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (513+ words) "The Great Lakes power Michigan's economy, supply drinking water to millions, and define our way of life." Michigan's fight against gas pipelines in the Great Lakes has reached a boiling point, with a pipeline operator citing treaties and pipeline safety…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (609+ words) "Would be like trying to teach the law without being able to even mention the Constitution." West Point's only climate scientist says the academy pushed him out after he refused to omit a central point of climate science from his…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (665+ words) "We should not spend another hot dime, or six pennies, on another property tax study." Experts say Nevada lawmakers don't need another study to address one of the state's most criticized tax systems. They simply need the political will to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (648+ words) A Louisiana parish is still weighing how aggressively to curb the use of private surveillance technology on parish rights-of-way after a proposed ban prompted objections from a resident and council members. On Aug. 27, 2026, the Livingston Parish Council chose not to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (689+ words) The flooding was part of a wider disaster across central and eastern Indiana that displaced more than 1,000 people and damaged infrastructure. Across Indiana, communities are still living with the aftermath of record August flooding that killed seven people, destroyed homes,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (763+ words) "I expected that there would be litigation, but it was surprising to me that Nevada fired the first shot." Even as water problems across the West intensified, Nevada cultivated an image as a pragmatic broker on the Colorado River and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (643+ words) "It really is a national and global problem." After a Camden scrap facility logged 13 fires over six years, a New Jersey legislator is seeking stricter state scrutiny of scrap and recycling operations, as concern grows over fires often linked to…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (743+ words) Yellowstone County's handling of a proposed data center complex north of Billings has become a major flashpoint in Montana, drawing a packed commission meeting where residents argued that the project could transform their area and strain local resources. Many people…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (709+ words) "They are not going to listen to us, and they are also not going to let us try and use our voices." A proposed $4 billion Amazon Web Services data center in Wilmington, Ohio, is becoming a flashpoint not only over…...