- Originally published on April 1, 2020 1:44 pm You probably got a letter in the mail recently from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you to fill out its survey. And maybe you’re thinking, I don’t have time for this!
- Originally published on March 9, 2020 5:56 pm Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that partners with journalists and newsrooms to support in-depth reporting and education around the globe.
- Originally published on February 26, 2020 5:35 pm On the 100th anniversary of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the nonpartisan group Taxpayers for Common Sense published a report Tuesday calling for an increase in the royalty rate on publicly owned oil and gas.
- Originally published on January 27, 2020 6:11 pm For years during the Cold War, large swaths of land in Nevada were used for atomic weapons testing. Nuclear bombs were dropped just miles from small towns and the people living in them.
- Originally published on February 28, 2020 5:32 pm Thousands of cases of the coronavirus have been reported worldwide, with most occurring in China. However, the outbreak is sure to have big economic impacts in the U.S. Flights in and out of China are being cancelled.
- Originally published on January 31, 2020 10:24 am About one-third of Americans live in areas that regularly have unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a new analysis out this week from Environment America, an organization of state-based environmental advocacy groups throughout the country.
- Originally published on January 30, 2020 10:41 am Every year, road crashes injure millions of Americans, killing tens of thousands and costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. According to a new analysis, states in the Mountain West could be doing more to curb crashes.
- Originally published on January 15, 2020 4:10 pm Update, Jan. 15 10:11 a.m.: The Department of Interior has provided a statement, which is now included in this story. The Trump Administration’s Interior Department has largely ignored public comment on proposed rule changes, according to an analysis from the Center for Western Priorities.
- Originally published on January 10, 2020 5:21 pm As minimum wage goes up, suicide rates go down. That’s according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
- Originally published on December 30, 2019 6:27 pm Over the last five years, the Mountain West as a whole has experienced a spike in population, while at the same time every state in the region saw a decrease in the number of people living in poverty, according to the latest numbers from the U.S.
- Originally published on January 2, 2020 10:18 am The first wave of Democratic voters will soon be making their choice for who they think should be the party’s presidential nominee. Nevada is the first state in the West to weigh in.
- Originally published on December 6, 2019 7:40 am The U.S. military is asking Congress for control over more public land in Nevada, and much of that could come at the expense of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the largest wildlife refuge outside of Alaska.
- Originally published on December 4, 2019 3:52 pm Invasive animals are posing a major threat to national parks throughout the country, according to a new paper published in the journal Biological Invasions.
- Originally published on November 20, 2019 5:34 pm U.S. household debt is on the rise again. And states in the Mountain West are seeing some of the highest levels in the country.
- Originally published on November 26, 2019 8:26 am Agriculture, forestry and other land uses are responsible for about a quarter of human-caused greenhouse gases. That “land sector” holds huge potential to cultivate climate solutions, too, according to a new study.
- Originally published on October 22, 2019 12:10 pm Most states in the Mountain West allow people to harvest roadkill, and California passed its own “roadkill bill” earlier this week. But Nevada and Wyoming are holding out.
