The latest Trump move is guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz; Alabama special session sparks voting rights fight ahead of primary; Former Nevada Senate leader: No wars over oil; Massachusetts community college educators fight for fair pay and respect.

The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked on how to end the war. National opinion remains split on the conflict with Iran and Congress temporarily renews an intelligence surveillance provision, over objections.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced a funding package to renovate and expand water quality infrastructure across the state.

The south-central Nebraska town of Bertrand hadn’t seen a newly built house or apartment for 16 years until a fiveplex rose on an old mobile home park in 2024.

Exceptional drought retreated slightly in parts of western Colorado this week, even as extreme drought continued to spread across the state.

Conditions are ripe for an intense summer of wildfires, state leaders say, with blistering temperatures in the forecast and dry brush across the state.

The project, which is planned to be built in multiple phases across decades, is expected to generate 9 gigawatts of energy when completed, more than double the about 4 gigawatts the state as a whole consumes.

Nine Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit against the US Forest Service over its approval of a graphite drilling project near Pe’ Sla.

In Colorado, more than 600,000 workers received benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, in October 2025.

Thirteen state Medicaid programs are covering GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity this year, down from 16 last year.