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California cities have millions for affordable housing, but hard to spend
Affordable housing is at a premium across the country, but a crisis of demand in California has experts scratching their heads at how cities will navigate an increasingly expensive and time-consuming system to improve supply.
Christian university fights Washington state probe into anti-LGBTQ hiring practices
Seattle Pacific University sued Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Wednesday over his office’s investigation into hiring practices after the school made national headlines when students challenged its ban on LGBTQ employees.
The future of San Joaquin Valley farming could be ‘dryland farming’
Farmers in the region have fallowed approximately 100,000 acres of farmland. Experts believe that by 2040, drought may force up to 500,000 acres to be fallowed.
Texas lawmakers ordered to turn over redistricting records
A federal judge on Monday issued a wide-ranging discovery order requiring Texas state lawmakers to turn over documents related to the state’s congressional redistricting plans.
Thousands flee as fire near Yosemite explodes in size
A fire near Yosemite National Park — the second in or near the famed park already this season — has destroyed several structures and threatens thousands more as thousands flee and unhealthy air blankets much of the central Sierra.
Advocates ask judge to halt sale of horses captured by feds
Attorneys for the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros argued in federal court Friday that 18 horses seized by the U.S. Forest Service should be moved to a national forest, not sold to free market buyers or, potentially, slaughterers.
Cracks are showing a year after Arizona legalized sports gambling
Nearly a year after lawmakers in Arizona legalized sports gambling, questions remain on the impact it will have on the public due to a lack of state oversight.
Despite more stored water than in 2021, California will keep closing spigots
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — As drought conditions persist and with the potential for another dry winter due to La Niña, some good news: the California State Water Resources Board learned Wednesday reservoirs in the northern and central parts of the state have more water than at this time last year.
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As West evaporates, experts plot ways to help businesses save water
As models predict another La Niña for the coming winter, which could lead to another dry year, leaders of water agencies and other groups from across the western United States met to discuss how best to get commerce and industry to use less water.
Tombstone marshal sued in First Amendment duel
In the Wild West town of Tombstone, Arizona, the marshal is facing down a fight against one of the most powerful forces in the land: the First Amendment.