The federal government is drafting new rules that would expand livestock grazing on 155 million acres of Western public lands while limiting public input into permitting decisions.
Federal drug investigators seized 39% less fentanyl in the first year of the second Trump administration as immigration enforcement became the priority for federal agents.
American Farmland Trust released a guide for a "batch and grow" cover crop program that groups farmers together to lower costs and reduce adoption barriers across entire regions.
The Bureau of Reclamation released a two-year plan requiring Nevada, California, and Arizona to cut Colorado River water use by 1.25 million acre-feet as Lake Powell and Lake Mead hit record lows.
Idaho law student Desalyn Swank drafted legislation that passed unanimously to criminalize the sale and possession of human remains, inspired by her upbringing as a mortician's daughter.
A federal trial in California tests whether Meta deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children while misleading parents about the harms.
California Assembly Democrats and a state senator urge lawmakers to delay fees under the state's landmark plastic reduction law for two years amid concerns over costs and oversight of the nonprofit managing the program.