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Louisiana lawmakers want to make it virtually impossible to sue oil companies over climate change. One called net-zero policies "witchcraft." Another acknowledged hurricanes are getting worse.

The Trump administration plans to waive a century-old maritime law that requires American ships be used to transport goods between U.S. ports as it seeks to blunt surging oil and gasoline prices, ...

Maryland lawmakers are weighing two bills that could expand criminal record expungement through automated clean slate laws ...

One lawsuit has been filed, and SC officials are considering changes in the law after a small child was attacked by a large snake on display at Fripp Island ...

Senate Bill 100, sponsored by GOP Sen Robby Mills would shield records and correspondence of the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission.

Policymakers and lawmakers keep making five major blunders when crafting new AI laws. I identify and explain the blunders.

Nick Begich III touted his record and urged the Legislature to take action to facilitate a natural gas pipeline Tuesday during his annual address at the state Capitol in Juneau. Begich, who is in his ...

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...