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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has canceled scores of oil and gas leases sold by the Bush administration in Utah's red rock country. The sales would have brought $6 million to the government, in addition to royalties on any oil or gas production.

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.

As summer vacations draw to a close and school-age children begin the mad scramble to fulfill their summer reading obligations, author Lesley M. M. Blume recommends a few timeless books that may not be on the required book lists.

See highlights of a Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR survey on the effects of long-term joblessness.

Nukes have been in the news these past few years.

It’s an attempt by the university to help stem the tide of declining enrollment, not only at PSU but at universities throughout the US. In the fall of 2022, months after the Kansas Board of Regents hired PSU President Dan Shipp, the university announced a 2.6% decline or a combined enrollment decrease of over 15% in the last five years.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said his decision had to do with Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

While that's great news for the almost 10 million workers affected, 20 other states still pay minimum-wage workers the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.

About 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide will be captured annually from a coal-burning power plant near Houston. Then the CO2 will be injected into a nearby oil field to help boost crude production.

The City of Joplin relaunched its public transit system after a 2 1/2-year suspension.