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Critics say the water-management system will destroy the Emiquon Preserve. The Nature Conservancy and its advocates say the opposite; they believe the project is crucial to restoring wetlands — likened to the lungs of waterways — and their polluted rivers across the globe.
The Alaska observer network promotes grass-roots environmental science.
The Texas State University System has an idea for future students busy with families and jobs: Don't even show up on campus freshman year.
This spring, Doug Walker did what would have seemed unthinkable a year ago: He bought a car.
The Florida Supreme Court says the issue comes down to public trust and confidence.
Two major wildland fires continued to burn out of control Sunday in Northern California despite the efforts of more than 5,000 firefighters to halt the progress of the blazes, which had burned hundreds of homes and scorched more than 164 square miles in Amador, Calaveras and Lake counties.
Seattle Public Schools teachers are heading into the second week of a strike, with no school planned Monday.
In his weekly address this Saturday, President Obama introduced the revamped College Scorecard website, meant to help prospective university students “identify which schools provide the biggest bang for your buck.”
What began as a niche innovation is creating a wider transformation of government culture.
Whether or not this is legal is a matter of debate. The bunk beds are advertised on Airbnb with a 30-night minimum stay, so they don’t fall under the city’s short term rental ordinance.
The former Texas governor is the first GOP candidate to quit the race.
Before constructing new infrastructure, government agencies are starting to evaluate projects' potential economic, environmental and social impacts first to prevent problems down the road.
We should be looking at public-private partnerships for the full range of infrastructure, not just mega-projects.
With sizable win, Barry becomes Nashville's first female mayor, proclaims 'tonight we start a new chapter ... The Nashville Story'
A majority of respondents opposed easing environmental restrictions. Voters also strongly favored other approaches to boosting supplies, such as water recycling, capturing storm runoff and increasing groundwater storage.
GE plans to decide by the end of the year whether to move its headquarters of more than 40 years from Connecticut, a choice prompted by what the company considers an inhospitable climate for business.
Former state and federal prosecutor LaHood — the son of former GOP Rep. Ray LaHood, who represented the district for seven terms before President Barack Obama appointed him transportation secretary in 2009 — announced he'd run for the seat the day after Schock said he'd resign and never drew a formidable opponent.
It looks like Scott Walker gets his "marching orders from the Koch brothers and just goes down the list," Clinton said.
Combined grants from the Manhattan DA and the U.S. Justice Department will provide funds to law enforcement jurisdictions across the country to pay for crime-lab processing of 70,000 untested sexual assault evidence kits.
With ridership flat and costs going up, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority says fare hikes could be coming, as they have come every two years in the past.
As the city prepares for tens of thousands to come see the pontiff, Mayor Muriel Bowser suggests working from home and avoiding driving downtown Sept. 22 through 24.
What the highly publicized instance of mistaken identity--and the rough handling of retired tennis player James Blake--was really about.
The prospect of months of heavy rain has become a cause for concern as well as celebration — a cloud on the horizon that could bring this state more natural disasters.
The matter moves to the full House of Representatives, which is anxious to move beyond the controversy; lawmakers could take up the matter on the fate of State Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat soon.
A Baltimore Circuit Court judge determined that the defense had failed to prove that the six officers cannot receive a fair trial in the city.
A new study indicates that the massive Bakken oil boom caused the demand for government services to outpace the growth in tax revenue by as much as 40 percent.
A library in a small New Hampshire town started to help Internet users around the world surf anonymously using Tor. Then the Department of Homeland Security raised a red flag.
Facilitated talks can loosen political gridlock and reveal unexpected solutions.
A new book explores if putting public assets under professional management leads to greater government wealth.
Andrew Cuomo will try for a $15 hourly minimum wage in New York.
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