Out West

Phoenix plans to invest in permanent affordable housing and develop new housing models as both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness rise.

Opponents of new rules for the game of blackjack in California cardrooms say the regulations will cripple the industry and make it go bust.

A bill looking to ban kratom in all forms sparked debate among Utahns on pain relief and accidental overdoses.

If built, the 14-building complex would require 1,000 megawatts of power – or enough electricity to power roughly 500,000 homes. The amount of water the data center complex would need is less clear.

Businesses want uniform rules and clarity. State lawmakers have a proposal that involves rounding to the nearest nickel.

With the NBA considering a possible expansion, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson met Thursday with the league’s commissioner to offer assistance in returning the SuperSonics to Seattle.

Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil.

Ryan Knappenberger WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of conservation groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging a decision to renew construction on a four-lane highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southwest Utah that the government previously agreed to halt. The ...

Jaremy Yurow (CN) — In 2021, Sarah Inama purchased a pack of motivational posters from an arts and crafts store and hung them in her sixth-grade classroom at Lewis & Clark Middle School in Meridian, Idaho. One read, “in this room everyone is welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued, equal.” Another featu...

Caitlan Seivers (Arizona Mirror) Arizona is working to build up its legal fund ahead of a possible fight for the state’s fair share of Colorado River water. On Monday, the Arizona House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass House Bill 2116 and put another $1 million in the state’s Colorado River Litigation Fund. The proposal was sponsored ...