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![Justices at crossroads over precedent in Montana land-access battle](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/300117_PubLands_03.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Justices at crossroads over precedent in Montana land-access battle
Members of the Supreme Court appeared stumped Wednesday on what ambivalent precedent means for a pair of Montana landowners fighting to revive their suit against the federal government.
![Feds agree to phase out lead ammo, tackle on wildlife refuges; strengthen species protection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/01/deer-wildlife.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Feds agree to phase out lead ammo, tackle on wildlife refuges; strengthen species protection
Noting that nearly one-third of all endangered species live in these refuges, the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit last year to challenge what was the largest-ever expansion of hunting and fishing throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System, executed under former President Donald Trump in 2020.
![Feds are failing gray wolves under Endangered Species Act, groups allege](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/04/wolf.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Feds are failing gray wolves under Endangered Species Act, groups allege
Accusing the government of failing to comply with the Endangered Species Act, a conservation group asked a federal judge on Tuesday to demand a nationwide recovery plan for the gray wolf.
![New research: 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave had multiple causes, including climate change](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/01/Glacier-Fire-Oregon-fire.jpg?w=980&q=75)
New research: 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave had multiple causes, including climate change
Last summer, the jet stream became a "jet wave," which helped form a "heat dome" over the Pacific Northwest. The effect was a catastrophic heat wave that killed as many as 1,400 people.
![Kari Lake sues to get election records from Maricopa County](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/11/attachment-Kari-Lake.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Kari Lake sues to get election records from Maricopa County
Kari Lake, the Republican candidate who lost her bid to become Arizona governor, sued to get public records from Arizona's most populous county to purportedly ensure that every lawful vote has been properly counted.
![EPA ordered to issue long-delayed findings on bee-killing pesticide](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/05/bees.jpg?w=980&q=75)
EPA ordered to issue long-delayed findings on bee-killing pesticide
The agency has been dragging its feet rather than study whether the insecticide it approved eight years earlier is harmful to endangered species.
![Congress wins access to Trump’s tax returns from Supreme Court](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/11/attachment-Trump.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Congress wins access to Trump’s tax returns from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to shield former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from a congressional subpoena.
![US energy regulator greenlights gas pipeline expansion across Northwest](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/11/attachment-Keystone-gas-pipeline.jpg?w=980&q=75)
US energy regulator greenlights gas pipeline expansion across Northwest
A Canadian energy company may see plans to increase pipeline capacity of natural gas across the Northwest come to fruition after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday found the project would have little adverse impact on the environment — despite the objections of states and environmentalists.
![Trump announces 2024 presidential campaign](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/10/Trump2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Trump announces 2024 presidential campaign
The Republican, who has refused to accept he was legitimately defeated in 2020, told his supporters during the event: "America's come back starts right now."
![Advocates for northern spotted owl appeal Oregon logging project](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/12/Northern-Spotted-Owl.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Advocates for northern spotted owl appeal Oregon logging project
The fates of northern spotted owls in Southern Oregon are in the hands of Ninth Circuit judges on Thursday, where attorneys for Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands appealed a district court’s dismissal of its attempt to stop a logging project in the Klamath Falls Resource Area.