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Missouri residents might soon have the historic opportunity to directly eliminate their state’s
By: Aubrey Wursten
In January 2025, the Trump administration issued a “10-1 deregulation initiative,” requiring that “whenever an agency promulgates a new rule, regulation, or guidance, it must identify at least 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to be repealed.”
By: Sarah Montalbano
On April 17, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the first congressionally mandated oil and gas lease sale in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Sealed bids are due June 3, 2026, and the bid opening is set for June 5 in Anchorage. It will be the first of four lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, each offering at least 400,000 acres of the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it would approve a categorical exclusion for geothermal energy exploration on public lands
By: Gabriella Hoffman
A new poll found that a majority of New Yorkers see the disconnect between green energy mandates and affordability.
By: Kamryn Crane
Citizen journalists exposing schemes to defraud the federal government by billions of dollars are shining light on the problems of fraud in entitlement and spending programs. Yet another way that our taxpayer funds are squandered is through improper payments. These are payments that should not have been made or were made in an incorrect amount under statutory, contractual, or administrative requirements. Improper payments include fraud or abuse, as well as innocent errors, documentation failures, and overpayments.
RCP 8.5, the worst-case climate change scenario predicting a 4.5 degree Celsius increase by 2100, has officially been retired by climate scientists
The Department of Energy announced on June 4th that it would invest up to $850 million to build, restart, and modernize U.S. coal plants.
Ohio provides a strong example of a state working to end fraud and reduce misspending in one of the country's largest entitlement programs.
How much do you know about transgender-identifying athletes and equal athletic opportunities for women?
