PROMO Miscellaneous - Fire Trees Forest Mountains - Pixabay - David Mark
Smoky skies still a problem in Idaho, with little relief in sight
Closeup of a United States quarter coin showing "Colorado 1876"
Just after statehood in 1876, two gamblers’ deaths evoked Colorado’s Wild West history
PROMO Outdoors - Fire Forest Trees Helicopter - iStock - Toa55
Western wildfire could be latest climate disaster to unsettle property insurance market
PROMO 660 x 440 Miscellaneous - Rings Heart Shape Special Day - iStock
More states ban child marriage, though it’s still legal in most of the US
A pair of scissors is preparing to cut a United States one dollar note. In the background, additional dollar bills are strewn haphazardly.
Fair housing groups nationwide condemn new HUD cuts
PROMO Health - Insurance Form Clipboard - iStock - AndreyPopov
Colorado hospitals seeing more patients without insurance
Wide angle shot of a farm field with round bales of hay at sunrise or sunset under a partly cloudy sky.
The Yonder Report: News from rural America - August 7, 2026
Wide angle shot of a farm field with round bales of hay at sunrise or sunset under a partly cloudy sky.
The Yonder Report: News from rural America - August 6, 2026
PROMO 64J1 Health - Drugs Bottles Pills Perscription iStock - Darwin Brandis
Governor and attorney general appeal to defend South Dakota’s ban on abortion-pill advertising
Sign on the side of a building reading "Department of Justice"
Attorneys for pardoned abortion clinic protester announce 7-figure settlement with DOJ
A scrap of torn paper with the word "Medicaid" rests on top of a spread of United States 100 dollar currency.
Indiana’s Medicaid enrollment decline could be harbinger of US future
Title card for the EarthTalk environmental column showing a green glass globe.
EarthTalk – Why does fur spark disease fears?
Sign near a body of water with boats warning of the dangers of algal blooms - Stephen Barnes - iStock-1751685698
North Dakota water experts: 'When in doubt, stay out'
PROMO 64J1 Plant - Marijuana Leaf Neon Sign - iStock - Nikolay Evsyukov
More conditions now covered by Texas medical marijuana law
Artist's concept of an atom, with a nucleus and orbiting electrons
New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, store spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste
PROMO Health - Vaccine Words Blocks - iStock - Aksana Kavaleuskaya
String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance
Court gavel on a strike plate, with the Scales of Justice and books in the background
Judge rejects states’ bid to block Medicaid work rules
Word cloud for business and organized labor, with the words "Labor Union" most prominent
Millions say they would join a labor union if they could