February 4, 2017 EPA employees using encrypted messaging to skirt open records laws? A conservative watchdog group filed an open-records request with the EPA on Thursday demanding the agency explain whether its employees are using encrypted messaging…
January 31, 2017 Text of Utah resolution to rescind Obama Bears Ears takeover Backed by majorities in both the Utah House and Senate, and likely to be signed by Governor Herbert, this Resolution is an offensive strike…
January 25, 2017 Trump orders progress on Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines For Keystone XL, the Obama administration’s own State Department reviewed the project multiple times and concluded that the pipeline would pose negligible environmental risk and not…
January 23, 2017 Wyoming lawmakers consider future of lands stewardship amendment On the other side are critics of the federal government’s bureaucracy. They note that it can take over a decade to permit grazing, mining,…
January 22, 2017 Trump Admin to hold EPA accountable for massive toxic river spill Republicans and Democrats have criticized the agency’s decision to ignore victims associated with the Gold King Mine spill, which released 3 million gallons of…
January 12, 2017 The Rural vs Urban Divide: Why Trump took 2016 Who are these rural, red-county people who brought Mr. Trump into power? I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa. I…
January 12, 2017 Trump considers ways to reverse Obama Bears Ears land grab The controversial Bears Ears National Monument was designated by Obama in December and covers more than a million acres in rural Utah. It has…
January 11, 2017 OPINION: How does Zinke stack up as Interior Secretary nominee? After lecturing Trump on the abuse of executive power, President Obama exercised his executive power to set aside over 1.5 million acres as the…
January 7, 2017 COMMENTARY: Punish criminals, but free the Hammonds By coincidence, the original judge in the Hammonds’ case found a mandatory five-year sentence overly punitive given the circumstances of their crimes. The Hammonds…
January 1, 2017 Happy New Year: Obama land grabs can be reversed by Congress, Trump Administration Mr. Obama has repeatedly abused his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare vast new national monuments, including on the high seas. This week’s…
