Life Defense Fund attorney Sara Frankenstein readies her case against against Dakotans for Health's abortion rights ballot measure in Sioux Falls on July 15, 2024. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota ...

Think you can figure out a way to unlock one of the biggest secrets of the universe? The recently launched third Gravitational Lensing Accuracy Testing challenge (GREAT3) is giving researchers the ...

This week was a big one for supporters of Measure ULA, the real estate transfer tax also sometimes called the mansion tax despite the fact that it applies to commercial transactions as well as ...

Hospitals and healthcare providers in rural areas are faced with a number of challenges when it comes to measuring quality performance and optimizing quality improvement efforts, according to a report ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Midterm voters in Oregon narrowly passed one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation, buoying the hopes of gun control supporters, but the new permit-to-purchase mandate and ...

Arizona's top court unanimously rejected an effort to stop voters from considering an abortion rights amendment this fall, ending the effort from opponents to keep the measure off the November ballot.

Oregonians passed Measure 114 in November. It would ban the manufacture, purchase or sale of high capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It would also require people ...

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