Montana
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks advisory committee reviewed a proposed pilot program tied to corner crossing and access to corner-locked public land.
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A public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 19 on the proposed demolition of the historic Michel-Robillard House, with a local resident urging the community to attend and speak out about the future of the municipally-owned heritage property.
States Newsroom
North Dakota lawmakers are looking for ways to engage communities across the state to gauge interest in hosting a future nuclear power plant. No facilities have been proposed, nor has a site been selected. But members of an interim committee studying the feasibility of advanced nuclear energy said having early conversations with local communities could […]
Nevada
When given the opportunity to take a public stance on the controversial NV Energy rate scheme set to go into effect next year, seven state lawmakers on Tuesday opted to say nothing at all. Approved by the Public Utilities of Commission of Nevada last year and set to go into effect Jan. 1, NV Energy’s […]
Georgia
(The Center Square) – A member of the Georgia State Board of Education will lead a committee tasked with replacing members of the Dublin City School Board who were suspended by Gov. Brian Kemp.Â
Commentary
For 10 years, I was a certified foster parent in Kentucky. I recently closed my home, but one lesson still defies common sense: Kentucky has somehow made adopting one of its own waiting children harder than adopting a waiting child from another state. The Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange, or KAPE, is supposed to find permanent […]
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The leader of North Dakota’s public schools last week advised lawmakers to focus artificial intelligence regulations on companies providing AI and chatbots, but leave AI use in the classroom up to school boards and educators. Levi Bachmeier, the state superintendent of schools, testifying in front of the Legislature’s artificial intelligence and data center committee, expressed […]
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Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is appointing the former CEO of electric utility East Kentucky Power Cooperative and a CEO of a barge company, both with coal industry ties, to a commission that the state legislature is looking to for advice on energy policy. In a Friday release, Coleman said he was appointing “two […]
Nevada
Nevada lawmakers next year may consider legislation meant to shield state-run elections from federal interference. The Nevada State Legislature’s Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections on Friday voted to sponsor a bill for the 2027 session modeled after legislation passed by New Mexico earlier this year. The legislation would, among other things, restrict […]
Idaho
After contract dispute with East Idaho hospital, Legislature’s task force to study health insurers
After a major health insurer dropped an East Idaho hospital from its network, Idaho Republican legislative leaders founded a new working group of state lawmakers tasked with studying the practices of health insurance companies. The formation of the taskforce, formally called the Idaho Health Insurers Working Group, came partly in response to lawmakers’ concerns over […]
