With dozens of bills and more than $10 million in funding still available, there’s no reason there should be question marks over whether or not good legislation can have a future.

The ‘American Idol’ contestant from Cumberland has developed a fervent fan base throughout the state. Not every state gets lucky and feels lucky in the same way.

Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. But the reality is that even the last few months have been more than 2 degrees hotter than average. The planet is experiencing a horrifying streak of record-breaking heat, with March marking the 10th […]

The Legislature busied itself with scores of comparatively meaningless proposals throughout the session just ended. Worse than voting the proposal down, it chose to ignore it.

The scuffle over permission for a wind energy facility on Sears Island offers a template for how not to take on climate change.

An influential federal committee that sets the country’s nutritional guidelines is considering reclassifying the potato as a member of the grain family, ostensibly as a strategy to combat a growing obesity epidemic. Instead, the action would confuse consumers and potentially rob Americans of affordable calories at a time food insecurity is spiking. The Dietary Guidelines […]