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How Oregon can make progress on lifting wages
Oregon Capital Chronicle· 2 days agoFor two years now, Oregon’s wage floor has been stuck in place. It’s run aground at a place well-short of what families need to make ends meet. That may...
Which rocks are best to store carbon from coal plants? Utah is mapping their potential
Utah News Dispatch· 2 days agoIn the coal-fueled power plant conversation, there’s a technology that has been front and center;...
Minnesota proposes water pollution permit for 3M plant that makes forever chemicals
Minnesota Reformer· 2 days agoThe 3M Cottage Grove chemical plant that contaminated 200 square miles of east metro drinking water...
Despite some progress, Nevada workers still aren’t protected from extreme heat
Nevada Current· 2 days agoPolicy, politics and progressive commentary There are no regulations protecting workers from the...
Justice Scalia must be rolling over in his grave at the Supreme Court gutting Chevron | Opinion
Durham Herald-Sun· 2 days agoJohn Roberts and Neil Gorsuch suggested the famous originalist “began to express doubts” about the...
U.S. Senate GOP blocks bill proclaiming congressional support for abortion access
South Carolina Daily Gazette· 2 days agoWASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate gridlocked over reproductive rights on Wednesday, when Republicans...
Tennessee Attorney General’s Office to election finance office: We’re “not an investigative agency”
Tennessee Lookout· 2 days agoDespite a major funding increase for personnel over two years, Tennessee’s Attorney General’s Office...
Republicans want to kill the Dept. of Ed and privatize education. Billionaires are helping them.
West Virginia Watch· 2 days agoOriginally published by The 19th In the fall, the Department of Education will mark 45 years since...
Tens of thousands ‘overwhelmingly support’ using Indigenous knowledge to manage Bears Ears
Source New Mexico· 2 days agoFive Native American tribes, including two in New Mexico, are joining the federal government in...
More states enact salary transparency laws to fight gender, racial pay gaps
Rhode Island Current· 2 days agoTo combat gender and racial wage gaps, nearly a dozen states recently have enacted pay transparency...