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The Biden administration is considering a rule change to allow carbon dioxide from air or industrial processes to be captured and stored in national parks. Under the proposal, carbon sequestration could begin in Ohios Wayne National Forest. Opponents say the move is a historic reversal of U.S. ...

There are Texas ZIP codes where people with lower incomes and few health services have a 20-year difference in life expectancy than those who are more fortunate. One of the states largest health foundations said it is time to change it. Brian Sasser, chief communications officer for the Episcopal Health Foundation, said improving nutrition and maternal health, and preventing health issues like diabetes, include factors that go beyond the doctors office and cannot be improved by medical care alo...

Social media platforms are used by practically everyone, but most widely by teens. One study pinpoints a link between online racism and higher rates of stress and suicide among Black youth, ages 10 to 17. Suicide is already the second-leading cause of death among Indiana teens, so the new findings are troubling. ...

The Utah legislature has been in session for almost two weeks and one group said there have been more than 10 pieces of legislation introduced they called "anti-democracy" bills. TJ Ellerbeck, executive director of the Rural Utah Project, said the bills would put "major limits on the way Utahns can vote, when Utahns can vote and which Utahns can vote." "The worst of those is one bill that would eliminate voting by mail in Utah, and Utah has been an ...

New Hampshires program to subsidize private education with public tax dollars is rapidly expanding, but opponents believe a lack of data on student outcomes should put the brakes on funding. Education Freedom Accounts will cost the state an estimated $24 million this school year to subsidize the private education of more than 4,000 students, most of whom have never attended public school. Mary Wilke, board member of the NH School Funding Fairness Project, said no one knows just how the money i...

Florida voters will soon have the opportunity to express their views on abortion rights at the ballot box. After Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a law last year restricting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the committee Floridians Protecting Freedom launched a petition drive for what it calls a constitutional "Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion." Sarah Parker, president of Womens Voices of Southwest Florida, part of a coalition supporting the petition,...

A regulatory hearing dealing with energy policy does not seem like a setting for most Minnesotans but a new coalition is recruiting voices who want affordable clean heating sources in homes and businesses to speak up on such decisions. Clean Heat Minnesota is backed by dozens of organizations representing a range of causes, including environmental, consumer advocacy, and racial justice. Brynn Kirsling, senior manager of advocacy campaigns for Fresh Energy, a key contributor to the coalition, s...

Child care is an essential component of strong communities throughout the U.S. - but finding a provider is significantly more difficult in rural areas including much of Wyoming, according to a new report. Co-author Linda Smith, the director Early Childhood Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said there are more than three kids who need child care for every available slot. ...

By Rico Moore for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Washington News Service reporting for the Yes! Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration The Kettle Mountain Range runs north-south along the eastern flank of the Colville Reservation and north into the Tribes’ ancestral territory in Colville National Forest. ...

The U.S. is reconsidering its use of liquefied natural gas. While it has long been touted as a "clean alternative" to fossil fuels like coal, it has similar impacts in terms of emissions. ...