Jim Carlton is a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal, focusing on environment, economics, and politics in the western region. With a passion for outdoor activities like hiking and camping, Jim brings a unique perspective to his reporting. His work has also been featured in LiveMint and Yahoo Finance.
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Jim Carlton’s articles predominantly cover stories related to weather, government & politics, and crime. His coverage often focuses on evolving or breaking news stories and frequently cites data and government announcements.
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The expected Democratic nominee's rise from California prosecutor to vice president mixed progressive reforms with law-enforcement cooperation.
By: Jim Carlton, Mariel Wiley, Allison Pohle
Strain is showing at Zion, Yellowstone and elsewhere: fewer services, longer waits and more vandalism.
By: Jim Carlton, Alex Welsh
A standoff in the state with America’s worst home shortage is leaving residents and developments in limbo.
By: Jim Carlton, Terra Fondriest
Crisco, occasionally seen frolicking with pet dogs, has become bucket-list lore. Some residents say the goat resembles ZZ Top’s guitarist—he agrees.
By: Jim Carlton
A baby boomer paradise erupted in red-blue political strife, from dueling newspaper columns to a fitness-center fracas. A “Civility Task Force” was launched to address general unrest.
By: Vera Bergengruen, Jim Carlton, Ash Ponders
Arizona’s Maricopa County is an epicenter of threats against election officials. ‘It feels very dystopian,’ said the county’s top official for voting by mail.
By: Jim Carlton
The Harris and Trump campaigns are evangelizing their economic remedies across Nevada, focusing heavily on metropolitan Reno.
By: Jim Carlton, Philip Cheung
In Nevada, where the U.S. government controls more than 80% of the land, cattlemen and farmers see Donald Trump as an ally in their fight for more access. Conservationists are readying their resistance.
By: Jim Carlton
As co-director of President-elect Donald Trump’s nascent Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk has wasted no time posting to his 205 million followers on X about specific government departments he views as bloated. One recent post by the billionaire zeroed in on Ashley Thomas, a little-known director of climate diversification at the U.S. International Development Finance Corp., after another user on Musk’s social-media platform X questioned her role.
By: Jim Carlton, Rebecca Ballhaus
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.
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