State leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of the Nucleus Institute's Convergence Point, an innovation hub for students and industry leaders.

The minimum wage in Washington state will rise to nearly $18 an hour next year. That will be the highest of any state in the nation.

The nation’s industry minister implies that the Trump administration lied during a White House news conference this week.

The two candidates met for their first televised debate and quickly began taking jabs at each other’s records and comments during the event.

Republican Lieutenant Gov. Stravos Anthony is looking to defend his seat against Democratic challenger Sandra Jauregui at a time when Democrats are feeling optimistic about their chances of flipping…

The first criminal charges, now dismissed, emerged from a yearslong investigation launched by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador.

Jay Feely has called Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme' that should be privatized, even as 175,000 in the swing district rely on it

Dozens of Utahns are set to have their debt cancelled after a national auto loan company agreed to settle claims that it exploited borrowers.

Washington’s largest utility is asking regulators to approve a nearly 30% increase in electricity rates over the next three years.

About 3.2 million acres of the state's original 105 million-acre grant has not yet been transferred by the federal government.

Oregonians ranked maintaining and preserving highways and bridges and improving safety as their top priority in a new survey.

The state of Nevada collects a lot of money from taxes, fees and investments — and while the state Legislature directs how that money is spent, it’s the state treasurer who acts as steward of the…

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…

Clean Elections lawsuit dismissed: A judge won't block the fraud probe of two Green Party candidates until it's finished

State watchdogs are skeptical of PacifiCorp's sale of its Washington service area, saying the deal may not be in the public interest.

Washington state Rep. Skyler Rude said Tuesday that he will resign from office days before the election to start a new job.

This year's results in Bristol Bay, site of the world's largest sockeye salmon runs, were average in many ways.

A committee of Democratic and Republican lawmakers is meeting to discuss the costs and benefits of Oregon joining a West Coast carbon market.

“Although former Vice President Kamala Harris carried this seat by just two points in 2024, the 4th District isn’t a particularly high priority for either party,” reads the Cook Political Report’s…

Incumbent Republican Treasurer Julie Ellsworth will face Democratic challenger Kevin Jones in the Nov. 3 general election.

The state land chief says selling Arizona trust land won't guarantee more housing gets built, as Republican rage about leases for solar farms

The Division of Elections rejected Short after she failed to submit a form ahead of the June 1 candidate filing deadline.

A new federal law will ban the sale most hemp-derived products by end of the year.

Former Clark County firefighter Luke McCarthy and former Las Vegas Municipal Court judge Shannon Nordstrom will face off again during the general election after neither candidate received the…

The ruling upholds an Idaho law that bans daycares, businesses, governments and schools from mandating vaccines or “medical interventions."

Arizona voter rolls dispute: U.S. attorney says feds won't back down; Fontes refuses to hand over the data without a court order

Douglas Carter, imprisoned for 41 years and sentenced twice to Utah's death row, was released on bail as prosecutors weigh a new trial.

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday asked President Donald Trump for federal aid to help recover from wildfires this summer.

New analysis of the Alaska mine considers larger releases from potential breaks in the dam planned to hold waste.

A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.

The Nevada State Assembly is currently composed of 27 Democrats and 15 Republicans. Will that split change this year? Maybe. But if it does, it isn’t expected to shift by much. With the exception of…

Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part Idaho Capital Sun series examining a proposal to bring a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus to Idaho. Part one focused on…

Axon Scottsdale law: Residents appeal to overturn a statute they say unconstitutionally blocked a vote on Axon's HQ project

A Utah law seeking to connect abuse victims to immediate help from confidential advocates isn't doing that most of the time, data indicate.

A new forecast of state tax collections came out Friday. It did nothing to brighten Washington’s budget outlook.

Additional reporting shows conflicts between Alaskans and East Coast staff during Peltola’s term in Congress.

Political analysts don’t expect any of Oregon’s six congressional seats to change hands in the November election. The Cook Political Report, which analyzes congressional elections and campaigns,…

Election deniers are once again expected to seek a variety of statewide and congressional offices across the country in the upcoming midterm election.  Nevada is no exception as incumbent Democratic…

Forty-six of Idaho’s 105 state legislators wrote a letter in support of a proposed Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus.

Arizona voter privacy: Mayes warns a federal noncitizen-voter search may break the law as the Supreme Court weighs in

Utah Rep. Blake Moore said he “absolutely agrees” with Sen. John Curtis’ call to investigate Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish wedding after-party that was bankrolled by a Russian oligarch with ties to…

More than two years of construction and $131 million later, a historic building on the Washington state Capitol campus is reopening.

Alaska childcare providers, families and employers are under intense strain with the lack of childcare availability and funding, according to advocates. They are calling for major state investment in…

A county commissioner who ushered in Google data center development in The Dalles accuses his opponent of championing data center tax breaks.

Martina Bauhaus, an attorney for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. for almost two decades, is challenging Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench.  District…

In July, U.S. Department of Energy officials announced Idaho is a finalist to host one of the new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses.

Clean Elections court hearing: A judge weighs whether Arizona can claw back $4.7M from two Green Party candidates

Kevin O’Leary is seeking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from two Utahns he labeled Chinese agents as they opposed his Stratos data center.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his authorization to move forward with linking Washington into its carbon market that’s shared with Quebec, Canada.

Democratic and independent candidates for the Alaska State House are largely out-fundraising Republican opponents in races for Republican-held seats.