House lawmakers narrowly passed Gov. Brad Little’s proposed scholarship push Monday that would offset the costs of training and certificate programs for in-demand jobs.

The National Park Service is behind on studying 28 potential sites to add to its system. Two of them are in the Mountain West.

In Colorado and New Mexico – states where Democrats control the legislature – lawmakers are proposing banning the sale of assault weapons or banning them altogether, while Idaho and Wyoming legislators look to do away with concealed carry limits.

Some politicians in the Mountain West are renewing calls to transfer federal lands to state and local governments as a way to ease the affordable housing crisis. They argue that such transfers could provide much-needed space in fast-growing communities hemmed in by public lands.

State lawmakers have introduced three proposals to relieve homeowners from ballooning property taxes seen in recent years.

A new study shows that eating a single serving of freshwater fish in the U.S. can be equal to drinking a month’s worth of water laced with “forever chemicals.”

There’s something called the “1% for Air” local option tax, which traditionally funds air service and tourism efforts. But Ketchum officials would like to ask voters to split that LOT in half, with .5% still going to promote air travel, but earmarking the other .5% for affordable housing projects.

The 2022 Census of Agriculture is due to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by mail or online by Feb. 6.

A proposed constitutional amendment to further restrict the ballot initiative process in Idaho isn’t going directly to the Senate floor, with Republican leaders saying it needs some tweaks.

“This idea that children are the vulnerable spot – the way to go after the LGBTQ community – is really taking hold,” says Olivia Hunt, the policy director at the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Six of the seven states that use water from the Colorado River proposed a way for the federal government to cut back on water use and protect dropping water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

Despite all of the snow and cold snaps across the Mountain West, many cities are experiencing fewer nights at or below 32 degrees due to climate change. It’s a warming trend that has a wide range of impacts.