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9 in 10 surveyed in CO, across globe back climate action
Nine in ten people in Colorado and across the globe are worried about climate change and want governments to do something about it, according to a …
WA voting rights advocates push for democracy vouchers state-wide
Seattle's City Council voted last week to put the city's Democracy Voucher Program on the ballot to be renewed in August and supporters of the program…
Report: AR pre-K suffers from funding gap
A report by the National Institute for Early Education Research shows Arkansas needs to improve its reach with pre-K students. The state fell from …
Feds fast-track Wyoming energy projects through environmental permitting
The Trump administration has announced what it terms "emergency permitting" for energy projects, streamlining a sometimes yearslong process down to 28…
AR League of Women Voters sues over ballot initiative restriction
Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester is facing legal action from the League of Women Voters of Arkansas. The organization filed a federal lawsuit …
Coloradans' hand-written letters on SNAP cuts heading to nation's capital
Two leading Colorado nonprofits working to end hunger are collecting hand-written letters from a wide range of people who would be directly impacted i…
Push to make Montana judicial elections partisan fails
A handful of Montana bills pushing for partisan judicial elections as part of a broader movement in the state were defeated this month. Montana law …
Texans brace for financial impact of trade wars
Texas is the number one exporting state in the nation - and although tariffs with Mexico and Canada have been delayed, Texans are still uneasy about …
Social Security cuts could impact one in six Coloradans
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, plans to cut 7,000 jobs from the U.S. Social Security Administration as it works to reduce the size …
District court to determine future of MT fair-housing grants
Since February, 66 fair-housing groups across the country have been in limbo while their federal grants were cut, temporarily restored, then tied in …
Groups race to archive federal environmental data before it disappears
As U.S. government website purging continues, the Open Environmental Data Project is one of several groups working to preserve public access to …
Report: SCOTUS to blame for money pouring into elections
Outside groups spent more than $45 million in congressional races across the Commonwealth, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. It's …