At least 25 states have enacted or proposed laws restricting private equity's ability to buy and consolidate healthcare companies, slowing deal activity.

Wisconsin joins 19 states suing the Trump administration for threatening to cut law enforcement grants worth over $6 million unless states cooperate with immigration enforcement priorities.

Prowers County heads toward a scorching 101-degree Saturday after Wednesday night thunderstorms clear out and an upper ridge pushes hot, dry air over the region.

Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds threaten Cheyenne County Wednesday night before clearing into sunny, warming weather through Friday.

Thunderstorms hit Kiowa County Wednesday night before temperatures climb into the 90s through the weekend.

Now it is Canada’s turn to levy new tariffs on the United States; Measles concerns are amplified in Pennsylvania following two deaths; Hoosier energy costs and efficiency sidestep company profits; a Water violations lawsuit continues in a West Virginia county.

Canada retaliates in the trade war, data center opposition becomes a unifying issue nationally and a prosecutor declines to go after Musk on an election bribery case.

A federal judge blocked Colorado's new law requiring stricter health and safety inspections at the state's immigration detention facility in Adams County, ruling the measure targeted a federal contractor.

Nearly a third of the Hawk wildfire near Reno is now contained; thousands still without power two weeks after a storm in Northwest Indiana; a legislator calls for Big Tech ‘bros’ to be liable for scams; scientists find that building EVs is less polluting than driving gas-powered cars; and Tennessee anti-hunger groups ask Congress to delay cost shifts for SNAP.

The USDA pledges $25 million in new farm-to-school grants and $50 million for kitchen equipment as part of efforts to boost nutrition and local food in school cafeterias.