Oklahoma utilities and data center developers are signing pledges to ensure companies pay their own electricity costs rather than shifting expenses to household ratepayers.

A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether Oklahoma must allow a Jewish charter school to use taxpayer funding, a case likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Utah's Office of Energy Development signed an agreement with Canadian nuclear company Nuclea Energy to explore siting a small modular reactor at the San Rafael Energy Lab in Orangeville.

Utah has already shattered its record for woodland and forest acres burned midway through wildfire season, with three fires each consuming more than 80,000 acres of trees for the first time in recorded history.

Two new political parties in Nebraska have cleared the signature threshold needed to become official, with organizers now required to submit bylaws and officer lists by August 27.

US employers cut 23,000 jobs in July while earlier months were revised downward by 103,000, signaling a sharp slowdown in hiring as labor shortages intensify.

The Kansas Farmers Union executive director says Senate disagreements over food assistance program cuts have stalled passage of the first farm bill since 2018, leaving agriculture without needed certainty.

Kansas wheat farmers face their smallest harvest since the 1950s after drought and spring freezes slashed production to nearly half last year's crop.

Rob Stone, who has a rare genetic disorder, has become a disability rights advocate fighting alongside his parents to preserve community services and healthcare protections for people with disabilities in Maryland and beyond.

A Kansas judge struck down abortion restrictions dating back to 1997, ruling the state failed to justify waiting periods, reversal disclosures and other mandates that violated women's right to bodily autonomy.