Minn., has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same ...

The legislation would make permanent a 20-year ban on that type of mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest in the ...

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals ...

Smith emphasizes that her legislation would not ban or restrict existing or potential mining projects outside the Rainy River watershed.

It amounts to some of the most forceful opposition yet as the Education Department uses federal funding as leverage to enact Trump’s agenda on issues from DEI to transgender athletes.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - They had the numbers. Nearly half a mile of protesters lined one of Alexandria’s busiest streets, carrying signs supporting parks and forests, Social Security and veterans, the ...

Like many Colorado mountain towns, the economies of Cripple Creek and Victor depend on visitors taking a long trip down a ...