Politics & Policy
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Doug Burgum announces map updates to include 'Lake America' after Trump order
Trump signed the executive order on Thursday amid a trade row with Canada.
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Maine Dem backs Trump tariffs on Canada, while Collins urges talks
The ironic inversion of support by party for the president's policies comes ahead of the midterm elections, in which both candidates are facing tough contests.
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Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
This is not the first time Trump has renamed a body of water after the country he leads. Shortly after taking office again in 2025, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”
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Lynchburg city councilor wins GOP primary after drop box concerns delay results
The election results were delayed because seven absentee ballots were found in a ballot drop box three days after the primary election ended.
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COVID summer wave emerging with 30 states reporting increases in cases: CDC
A COVID-19 summer wave is on the rise amid new variants.
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New York offshore wind project receives final federal approval, allowing construction to begin
Over the course of a month, with a capacity factor of about 40%, the project could power approximately 296,000 homes with backup from fossil fuel, nuclear or hydroelectric resources.
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Supreme Court to consider whether infrastructure projects can be halted by climate change risks
The coalition building the railroad argues in its petition that if agencies were to consider any environmental impact that it has the authority to prevent, it would effectively make any agency into a de facto "environmental-policy czar.”
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Wisconsin Republican hopeful urges conservatives to vote early this year
Hovde, whose race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is much closer than experts predicted, said he believes whoever wins the presidential race in Wisconsin will "win the presidency."
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Increased nuclear energy production legislation sent to Biden
The struggle has been long.
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State council wrestles with Inslee’s recommendations on wind farm project
Benton County representative Ed Brost warned that, unlike hydropower and nuclear plants, the electricity generated under the proposed site would be only possible when there is sufficient wind and sunlight.
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Lynchburg registrar found ballots in drop box after primary election amid irregularity concerns
The Ward IV Lynchburg City Council race remains undecided, with the incumbent ahead by 21 votes.
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After original plastic bag ban backfired, California looks to a bigger ban to solve the problem
Unintended Consequences: The amount of plastic bags Californians threw away increased by approximately 50% since the ban became law. Now, California lawmakers are eyeing stricter bans to address the problems that the original ban may have created.
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State sends Tacoma $1.9M to coax low-income residents away from gas appliances
The intention of the program is to provide low- and moderate-income residents within the city opportunities to transition from natural gas and oil-powered appliances to electric and clean energy appliances.