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Conceptual editorial image of a Pennsylvania electrical substation, transmission lines and a generic data center campus.

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Pennsylvania Opens Data Center Grid-Cost Proceeding

Pennsylvania utility regulators will examine how data centers and other very large power users should pay for grid connections and upgrades, with a Nov. 17 technical conference and public comment deadlines.

Trail camera and powered-off drone in an autumn Idaho mountain landscape.

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Idaho Fall Hunts Begin Under New Limits on Drones and Thermal Optics

Sep 23, 2026

Rain-wet Florida residential street with a coastal home facing a neutral courthouse under clearing storm clouds.

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Florida Supreme Court Takes Up Citizens Arbitration Mandate

Sep 23, 2026

Workers in a modern public workforce center with generic agriculture, industry and technology cues.

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North Dakota Unifies Workforce Services Under First Commissioner

Sep 23, 2026

Electric utility lines and a substation serving Delaware homes at dusk.

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Delaware Rate Case Opens New Public Comment Window

Sep 23, 2026

Young adults work with an instructor during a hands-on workforce training session in a bright New York community classroom.

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New York Awards $42 Million for 2,500 Youth Jobs

Sep 23, 2026

A veterinarian examines a healthy horse in a secured inspection pen against the dry hills of southwestern New Mexico.

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New Mexico Sets 12.4-Mile Zone After Second Screwworm Case

Sep 23, 2026

Oil and gas processing equipment on Colorado's eastern plains with the snow-covered Front Range in the distance.

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Colorado Completes Stronger Methane Rules for Oil and Gas

Sep 23, 2026

An unbranded California fuel station with several pumps and a passenger car in warm evening light.

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California Clears E15 Fuel Sales With New Equipment Rules

Sep 23, 2026

Granite courthouse steps beside a closed file folder and reading glasses under an overcast New Hampshire sky.

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New Hampshire Court Ethics Records Detail MacDonald Case

Sep 23, 2026

Modern courthouse and county administration buildings in a Phoenix desert setting at late afternoon.

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Judge Keeps Federal Oversight of Maricopa Sheriff

Sep 23, 2026

Illustrative data center beside transmission lines in Nevada’s arid landscape

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Nevada Makes Data Centers Pay School Tax in Full

Sep 23, 2026

Illustrative Wyoming migration corridor with distant pronghorn and energy equipment

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Lawsuit Challenges 179 Square Miles of Wyoming Oil Leases

Sep 23, 2026

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Wisconsin Justices Weigh 6-Year Social Media Ban

Sep 23, 2026

Illustrative regulatory office with blank documents, market charts and sports equipment

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Missouri Orders 6 Prediction-Market Firms to Stop Sports Contracts

Sep 23, 2026

A box tree moth caterpillar feeds on damaged boxwood leaves at a plant nursery.

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Michigan Adds Genesee to Box Tree Moth Quarantine

Sep 23, 2026

Illustrative Texas data center at dusk beside cooling equipment, transmission lines and a water basin.

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Texas Halts Data Center Permits Amid 474-Gigawatt Queue Audit

Sep 23, 2026

Aerial view of branching Mississippi River channels and coastal marshes in Louisiana with small unmarked fishing boats

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Louisiana Seeks Angler Input on $6 Million Delta Design

Sep 23, 2026

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