A new law going into effect Tuesday aims to protect workers from coercion by their employer based on immigration status. Workplace coercion could be used to violate wage or agricultural labor laws.

Demand for low-carbon nuclear energy could boost uranium prospects on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. But residents of the small ...

Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be taken from their parents and placed in foster care ...

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration pulled the federal government out of the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement — a deal struck in 2023 by the Biden administration between two states and four ...

In the spring, the Colorado state legislature came together “almost unanimously,” Bennet said, to proclaim that public lands in the state are not for sale, “because no matter your party, auctioning ...

Following push back from a growing coalition of politicians and public interest groups, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, proposed ...

The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council endorsed a solar and battery installation on about 2,000 acres of farmland in ...

This would represent the largest sale of national public lands in modern history while failing to give sovereign Tribal ...

A proposal to sell public lands has sparked staunch opposition. In Washington, an estimated 5.4 million acres would have been ...

The complete proposal would open up more than 255 million acres to potentially sold across the greater United States.

Washington tribes boosted the state's economy by generating $7.4 billion in 2023, up from $6.6 billion in 2020, according to ...

Springwood Ranch agreement marks 1st tribal-state land partnership in Washington. By Courtney Flatt (Northwest Public Broadcasting) May 11, 2025 1 p.m.