COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Some Ohio policy experts, business leaders and parents are calling on Congress to create permanent paid-leave policies that will support working families through the pandemic and beyond. During a virtual roundtable discussion about paid leave this week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D- ...Read More

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Vast stretches of land in rural northwest Nevada will be preserved if Congress can finally pass legislation that would protect wilderness in Pershing County while encouraging economic development. A version of the Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act easily p ...Read More

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Conservation groups are challenging Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon to invest $1 million to help impacted communities that depend on coal production, instead of promoting the state's coal deposits to Asian markets. Rob Joyce, conservation organizer for the Sierra Club's Wyoming chapter, ...Read More

BOISE, Idaho -- A new report says problems lie ahead for a new nuclear plant design in Idaho that will supply power to municipalities in six states. Dr. M.V. Ramana, director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columb ...Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- New federal data shows adult learners, students of color and veterans still are far less likely to complete a college degrees than other groups, and state education officials say they're now using a data-driven approach to come up with targeted programs aimed at preventing at-ris ...Read More

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Almost 24,000 undocumented young Arizonans rely on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA to live and work in the state. In July, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration's attempt to repeal DACA was unconstitutional, and legal experts say that decis ...Read More

PORTLAND, Ore. -- President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law on this day in 1964. In Oregon, there's a push to use that law to protect the unique Owyhee Canyonlands as wilderness. The Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act would designate more than one million acres as w ...Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- September is National Preparedness Month, so today, LGBTQ+ groups are releasing an open letter and launching a big social media campaign to get the community to plan ahead in case of wildfire, earthquake, floods or other emergencies. Beatriz Valenzuela, communications manager ...Read More