Denver judge says Colorado prisons cannot punish incarcerated people for refusing to work
A Denver judge last week ruled the Colorado Department of Corrections violated the state’s ban on involuntary servitude.
Solar fund cuts devastate Montana Native American tribes
Electricity costs are high on the reservation, as they are across rural America.
Feds exclude untested nuclear reactors from environmental review
The Trump administration has eliminated a critical review step for experimental nuclear reactors.
Utah conservation groups call for long-term wildlife crossing fund
Vehicle collisions with wildlife injure and kill hundreds of people and animals each year.
Colorado, California, 11 others sue Trump over energy funding
Democratic attorneys general from 13 states have sued the U.S. Department of Energy
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Utah and Idaho’s dispute over gas tax may fizzle with new bill to lower fuel prices
The interstate dispute over a potential restructure of Utah’s gas tax may be close to an end.