International students at Oklahoma universities struggle to afford living expenses despite working on-campus jobs limited by federal law to 20 hours weekly at minimum wage.

An Idaho maternal fetal medicine specialist testifies that he must send patients out of state for abortions to treat pregnancy complications he once managed locally under the state's strict abortion ban.

Northwest utilities are turning to natural gas infrastructure to power surging data center demand, threatening Oregon and Washington's climate emission reduction targets.

Two scientists at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton face federal charges for allegedly smuggling monkeypox samples into the United States and lying to customs officials about the biological materials.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's $100,000 visa fee for skilled immigrant workers, ruling the policy exceeded presidential authority by imposing an unlawful tax.

Colorado households are increasingly turning to credit cards to cover everyday expenses and emergencies as wages fail to keep pace with the state's rising cost of living.

A federal judge in Boston rules that Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful; Ohio food banks work to curb grocery store food waste; New education data raise concern as New Hampshire tops the nation in child well-being; And a South Dakota farmer says the current Farm Bill needs a lot of work.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner holds a steady lead, amid controversies. Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a key intelligence program and child well-being is declining nationwide.

Trump's administration will give states access to federal citizenship data by June 30 and monitor mail ballots for fraud under a contested executive order limiting voting by mail.

Governor Polis declared a statewide Drought Emergency and activated Phase 3 of Colorado's response plan as record-low snowpack and warm temperatures intensify drought across all 64 counties.