Courthouse News
California Coastal Commission OKs city ban on digital billboards
On the last day of its monthly meetings Friday, the California Coastal Commission approved a bid by the city of Eureka to ban all new digital signs and billboards.
Trout species under consideration for endangered species list
The U.S. Department of Commerce has accepted a petition to consider listing the Olympic Peninsula steelhead as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Expert calls lawsuit over room price-fixing at Vegas casinos frivolous
Hotel room rates on the Las Vegas Strip have hit record levels, but is it a price-fixing scheme or the result of record inflation and rising costs for everything from food to labor?
Arizona Senate committee clashes over election bills amid false claims of fraud
Tempers flared at a Arizona Senate election committee meeting after Democrats accused Republicans of pushing election conspiracy theories that are reducing the public’s faith in election integrity.
‘We will run out’: Arizona community desperate for water solution
Politicians and other state officials say they’re working diligently toward both short- and long-term solutions for the Rio Verde Foothills, which has entered its second month without a reliable water source.
Labor market stuns with 517,000 new jobs
Payroll growth over the first month of the year crushed expectations and brought the unemployment rate down to a new 54-year low.
Despite an ‘incredible’ snowpack, drought not over in California
California may celebrate having double the expected snowpack after a string of atmospheric river storms, but state water experts warn that more needs to come to offset years of record-breaking drought.
States come up with plan to save Colorado River water
Six of seven states in the Colorado River basin signed off on a consensus-based modeling alternative aimed at cutting water usage to stave off the dwindling water supply.
Feds slammed for relying on volunteer efforts to save arctic grayling
When it refused to protect the arctic grayling in Montana, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ignored the best available science and made too many assumptions about voluntary conservation efforts, environmentalists say.
Colorado River talks prompt tensions
Scientists say the megadrought gripping the southwestern U.S. is the worst in 1,200 years, putting a deep strain on the Colorado River as key reservoirs dip to historically low levels.