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By: Sarah Montalbano
A new Pew Research Center survey of more than 3,500 U.S. adults finds that Americans are cooling on wind and solar. In 2020, 79% of those polled said the U.S. should prioritize developing wind and solar energy over fossil fuels. Today, that number is just 57%, or a 22-point drop in six years.
In December 2025, NREL was rebranded to the National Lab of the Rockies (NLR), removing the words “renewable energy” from its name.
Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts from the Trump administration, taxpayers from blue states with higher income and property taxes can deduct more
the other tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) have improved the financial freedom for the 33 million U.S. small businesses, 22% of which are women-owned
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rule, regulation, or guidance, it must identify at least 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to be repealed.”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.
