Allowing roads and logging on millions of acres of national forests would benefit private industry while threatening habitat and public access, opponents say.
Crews say layoffs and resignations have left them stuck with duties far from the fire line.
The L.A. City Councilmember and daughter of undocumented immigrants speaks about immigration raids and recent LAPD activity.
A lone young man taunted an army of immigration cops and a street erupted with the firing of tear gas and crowd-control munitions.
Changes to FEMA could cost the state billions as climate-driven disasters intensify.
LAPD’s response to anti-ICE protests, which has already resulted in litigation, is putting additional stress on the city’s budget.
Demonstrators, journalists and bystanders faced LAPD tear gas and projectiles following ICE raids.
These findings run contrary to the national political narrative and are fueling advocates’ efforts to safeguard expanded Medicaid benefits in the state.
Health care advocates and labor unions mobilize against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with protests, ads and town halls.
Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand.
Forest Service employees fear the administration’s moves to strip environmental protections and reduce the federal workforce could have devastating consequences for public lands.
Advocates say Trump’s immigration crackdown will put foreign-born workers like Eva Rodriguez at greater risk — and that knowing their rights is the best defense.
Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency.
Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.
Experts say the move was redundant and amounts to unfair criticism of environmental protections.
Opponents say H.R. 9495 is part of a broader GOP effort to kneecap progressive organizations.
Increasing greenhouse gas levels and a hotter atmosphere make for more extreme weather that leaves behind dried out vegetation as fuel for fires.
That disparity is partly due to the county’s community-centered reporting system, LA vs Hate.
As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in...
Chrysa Ostenso — who operates the only optometry practice in Rusk County, Wisconsin — worries about keeping her doors open if Biden-era tax credits end.