Colorado shows why we need permitting reform

The Republican Party is looking to redistrict Florida next, after Virginia’s new congressional map, which gives Democrats a 10-1 advantage in the House, passed in a statewide referendum on Tuesday. The election results mark a devastating loss for Republicans, who are set on increasing their numbers elsewhere to make up for it. Florida’s four-day special […]

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday morning about President Trump's trade agenda. The hearing comes just over two months after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of Trump's global tariffs. In response, the president imposed a 10 percent global tariff that has also faced...

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday cast blame on President Trump and the GOP for Virginia voters approving a mid-decade redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ hopes of reclaiming the House in November.  “A once red state is turning into one of the bluest states because people don’t want to support Republicans now,”...

It’s Earth Week, and these days, it’s become hard to know just what to do with this holiday. Is it a reminder to start composting, ditch fast fashion, or donate to climate causes? Or does nothing we do as individuals really matter, and it’s on governments and corporations alone to fix our climate and ecological crises?  The latter idea — that our own individual actions won’t help to heal the planet — has become almost gospel in the modern environmental movement. And it’s largely right. But there