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February 24, 2026
Arizona's top legislative leaders and the Republican National Committee are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that partially invalidated certain provisions of two state laws that required proof of citizenship to vote by mail and in presidential elections.
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February 24, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared reluctant to overturn a ruling that kept Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down an Enbridge pipeline in state court, questioning why they should excuse the company for missing a federal removal deadline.
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February 24, 2026
An Alaska Native company has been hit with a proposed class action from an employee 401(k) participant who alleged his plan was saddled with excessive fees and poorly performing investments, breaching fiduciary duties and causing prohibited transactions in violation of federal benefits law.
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February 24, 2026
The Interior Department said it has cleared the way for faster approval of large infrastructure projects by finalizing a rollback of nearly 50-year-old policies in the National Environmental Protection Act to reduce the scope of the law by more than 80%.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to determine whether a climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies can proceed in state court, but the justices also created a potential off-ramp by questioning whether they can actually hear the case.
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February 23, 2026
The San Carlos Apache Tribe says a poll released by the Center for Biological Diversity shows that Arizona voters oppose Resolution Copper Mining LLC's proposed mine, which would transfer approximately 2,500 acres within the state's Tonto National Forest to the company.
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February 23, 2026
Native villagers near Teshekpuk Lake in Alaska are asking a D.C. federal judge to block the termination of their right-of-way over lands around the lake by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, claiming that the move would strip the village's property rights without due process.
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February 23, 2026
The Interior Department is seeking to dismiss a proposed class action that would require the U.S. to account for how much of an estimated $23 billion spent on past Indian boarding school programs was tribal money, saying there is no law that requires it to undertake such an effort.
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February 23, 2026
New Mexico legislators have passed a measure to reduce the cost of broadband connectivity for low-income residents through a state-run fund for universal telecom service.
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February 23, 2026
Sixteen Democratic-led states are backing a legal challenge to an Internal Revenue Service notice eliminating a safe harbor test that large wind and solar projects could use to qualify for clean energy tax credits.
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February 23, 2026
A Washington cattle ranch is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an order that dismissed its challenge over rights to a parcel of land along the Stillaguamish River, arguing that the immovable-property rule's application to tribal sovereign immunity is an issue of federal law that should be settled.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to determine the future of climate change tort litigation brought by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies, agreeing Monday to review whether a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy can proceed in state court.
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February 20, 2026
Kalshi has secured a win against Tennessee regulators trying to stop it from offering sports wagers in the state, with a federal judge blocking a potential enforcement action against the prediction marketplace operator after finding it is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims that its contracts are federally regulated.
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February 20, 2026
An Oklahoma federal court judge Friday rejected a settlement request by the city of Tulsa and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that would have resolved jurisdictional issues between the two, saying the parties have not shown any special reason to approve the agreement.
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February 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its February oral argument session by hearing cases that could expand or limit the availability of damages for U.S. victims of property seized by the Cuban government and a defendant's chance to remove state court cases to federal court.
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February 20, 2026
A bill that would allow for "Native American" markers on state-issued identification in New Mexico died this week despite bipartisan support, federal lawmakers called for the restoration of $350 million in minority education funding and Wisconsin lawmakers advanced a bill to allow online sports betting through the state's tribes.
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February 20, 2026
Alaskan natives and environmental organizations urged an Alaska federal court to block the Trump administration's expansion of oil and gas development in the country's largest single piece of public land, arguing it hasn't satisfied procedural requirements meant to protect wildlife.
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February 19, 2026
States, cities and nonprofit groups urged a Massachusetts federal judge to overturn the U.S. Department of Education's new rule allowing it to bar some organizations from seeking public service student loan forgiveness, saying the rule is illegal and must be vacated.
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February 19, 2026
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday stood by its elimination of a rule barring construction activities on gas infrastructure projects when approvals are being challenged, saying that burgeoning U.S. energy demand justifies the move.
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February 19, 2026
After almost two years of battling it out in Alaska federal court, two Native Alaskan villages have come to terms with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to end their fight with the agency over $70 million in broadband funds.
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February 19, 2026
The U.S. is asking the Tenth Circuit for an en banc rehearing on its decision to vacate the 30-year prison sentence of a New Mexico man convicted of sexually abusing an Indigenous girl, telling the court that its error is one of exceptional importance.
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February 19, 2026
A property management company is looking to escape a challenge by a group of Native Hawaiians over access to an ancient Indigenous temple, arguing its alleged wrongful conduct is not called out with any specificity in the complaint.
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February 19, 2026
President Donald Trump's latest appellate pick has served as the president's personal attorney and bills himself as "an attorney and strategist who fights for conservative values" on his LinkedIn profile.
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February 19, 2026
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at ramping up the production of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup that has been accused of causing cancer in scores of lawsuits, including one on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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February 18, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission's chief said Wednesday that people wrongly enrolled in Lifeline as identified by the FCC inspector general have been removed from the telecom subsidy program, amid the FCC floating reforms to tamp down fraud.