ST. PAUL, Minn. – It's no longer a secret that Americans are dying at an alarming rate from a nationwide opioid crisis and increased suicide rate, and those factors also are contributing to reduction in life expectancy. Late last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rep ...Read More

COOLIDGE, Ariz. – Arizona cotton farmers, who soon may be looking for crops that use less water, could switch to industrial hemp. The hemp plant is a relative of marijuana, and both Arizona and the federal government recently passed laws allowing the commercial growing, interstate sale and ...Read More

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. – Friday is your last chance to speak out on a controversial land deal in which the Bureau of Land Management wants to sell some sensitive land to a company accused of polluting it. An international mining conglomerate called Omya was cited in 2011 for dumping waste r ...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia lawmakers have managed to rid the state of common restrictions around the approval of medical marijuana, but an effort to decriminalize possession of small amounts of weed might be a nonstarter for Republicans in control. Instead of being sentenced up to 30 days in j ...Read More

RENO, Nev. – Whose House? Our House! That's the slogan being shouted at more than 200 rallies across the nation Thursday – organized by the nonprofit group Indivisible. The group’s Northern Nevada chapter is taking part by holding a rally at noon in Reno at the corner of Libert ...Read More