Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years
Aircraft are some of the most complex vehicles out there, but the biggest problem for electrifying them is the battery weight.
Poll: 63 percent of Americans say they are falling behind the cost of living
Newly released polling data shows that the majority of Americans report they are falling behind the cost of living.
New California law puts limits on employer drug testing and policies
California employers will soon be unable to disqualify job applicants or fire a worker based on off-the-job cannabis use under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
USDA Update – September 20, 2022
Agricultural news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Collorado.
New maps expose methane 'super-emitter' sites
A new study mapping methane pollution across five oil and gas production basins in states including Colorado found a small number of sites account for a disproportionately high level of overall pollution.
Helping older populations reduce their risk for falls
From COVID infections to dangerously hot weather, older people have had a lot of warnings the past couple of years to adhere to.
Here's why firefighters across the country are often the highest paid employees in their cities
Across the country, it is not the mayors, municipal judges, city attorneys or city managers who are often the highest-paid municipal employees.
Movie Review - The Woman King
Critic Bob Garver looks at “The Woman King,” and finds it to be an audience-pleasing historical epic.
Railroads and unions reach deal to avert devastating strike, keeping America’s trains and the economy on track – for now
Most Americans may not appreciate the central role that private railroads play in supporting the U.S. economy and their everyday lives. Recent fears of a railroad strike may have changed that.
These high school ‘classics’ have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?
Andrew Newman, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F.
