The number of licensed Native American foster homes in South Dakota has grown by 44% since new rules took effect last summer for the licensing of foster homes run by family members or family friends.

A record high number of Oregon kindergartners entered school without required vaccines this year, new state data shows. The Oregon Health Authority released figures on Thursday showing a 10.9% rate of ...

Out of Utah’s more than 2 million registered voters, a tiny fraction of a percent — 27 people — were confirmed to be noncitizens, state election officials announced on Wednesday while sharing the ...

The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday that it has signed a five-year agreement to work with the state of South Dakota to carry out projects on national forest and adjacent land, possibly including ...

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit lists ...

The Republican attorneys general of Nebraska, Indiana and Louisiana filed a lawsuit headed into Memorial Day weekend to stop the Trump Justice Department’s order reclassifying marijuana as a less ...

In the fall of 2020, as Colorado was reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, historic social justice protests and the run-up to a high-stakes presidential election, it suffered yet another ...

After posting a series of ads recruiting “deportation judges” — formerly called “immigration judges” — the Department of Justice has announced new hires but the announcement did not mention hundreds ...

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The federal government on Thursday paused a proposed merger of two railroad behemoths, Nebraska staple Union Pacific and Georgia-based Norfolk Southern. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, an ...

Solar-powered trains run on the Sun’s energy to operate, via solar panels placed on train stations, on the roofs of trains, or most commonly, from the rail tracks. They also often gain indirect energy ...

Tony Lee Stewart, 71, of Royston, Georgia passed away on Sunday May 10, 2026, at his home. He was laid to rest at 1pm on May 14, 2026, at the Franklin Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Franklin ...