Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The House voted to overturn mining protections for the Boundary Waters, raising concerns from advocates like Chris Knopf of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Rep. Brandei Schaefbauer, R-Aberdeen, speaks on the South Dakota House floor on Jan. 17, 2024, at the Capitol in Pierre.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution Wednesday that puts a copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness one step closer to reality. Taking an ...

A bill banning cities from enacting local protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity passed the House on Thursday, advancing the legislation for Senate consideration. House ...

BOISE — The House Local Government Committee voted Monday to approve a bill banning local governments from maintaining ordinances, resolutions and other policies to promote anti-discrimination. For ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to go forward with a plan to overturn a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and its watershed.

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — The Idaho House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday that would strip 13 cities of their ability to enforce local anti-discrimination ordinances protecting LGBTQ+ ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – January is Human Trafficking Awareness month, and state lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss giving extra legal protections to trafficking victims. Several victims and advocates ...

A bill introduced Wednesday in committee could limit what cities and counties can include in local antidiscrimination rules. A secret FBI bust nabbed an alleged drug lord—and rocked relations with ...

The House voted to undo the Biden administration’s decision to block off mining in a wilderness area in Minnesota on Wednesday, using a limited legislative tool to go after the 2023 action. The ...

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians in the U.S., preventing their potential deportation to a country that has been ...

At the southernmost point of Utah Lake, Goshen Bay includes a section of the Utah Lake Wetland Preserve and serves as a haven for bird migration and hunting. A bill sponsored in the state Legislature, ...