In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...

Remarks about disabled workers after midair collision and recent White House moves have alarmed federal employees with ...

In a move anticipated by conservationists, the new head of the nation’s Interior Department has called for the review of national monuments and mining protections issued under ...

The Alaska Department of Law argues that the approval for the Chin’an Gaming Hall threatens the state’s jurisdiction over ...

A recent court ruling has ordered the Department of the Interior to reevaluate the Duwamish Tribe’s petition for recognition.

Sen. Mike Lee made his annual report to the Utah Legislature on Tuesday where he highlighted federal legislation he’s working ...

As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider ...

The federal government owns 61% of Idaho, much of it wilderness, and last year's wildfires burned 640,000 acres, primarily in ...

A citizen of the Navajo Nation is being tapped to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs though it’s not the person who was publicly lobbying for the job.

President Donald Trump is preparing to gut the U.S. Education Department to the full extent of his power, directing his ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...