So the prospect of a federal government shutdown closing Shenandoah National Park to visitors, beginning Sunday, is about as welcome as an early ice storm in Luray and other communities in the ...

The Republican tax bill included $150 billion for defense, but the Pentagon has asked Congress for $1 trillion. The NDAA will ...

Massive budget cuts at the federal level have had a major, negative impact on America's national parks - here's what it means ...

I have a friend named Sandra Friend. She writes guidebooks about hiking in Florida. Not long ago, my friend named Friend contacted me about a different kind of hike: the hike in prices for using our ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is dismissing renewed efforts to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison after U.S.

As Republicans on the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees work to advance the 12 annual appropriations bills ...

The EPA published a notice in the Federal Register that it intends to deny Colorado’s plan to shutter coal-fired power plants ...

The proposed rejection doesn’t stop Colorado from enforcing the plan, but it signals the federal government no longer ...

Environmental groups and Native American leaders continue their legal push to shut down a controversial migrant detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” built on former Everglades land.

According to the ACLU, the rights of protesters and organizers are strongest in "traditional public forums," such as streets, sidewalks and parks. People have the right to speak out in front of ...

Three grieving families' lawsuits against the city of South Haven may finally bring lifeguards back to the deadliest lake in ...

You cannot disrupt public order or harm others while protesting. You cannot incite imminent violence or crime while ...