A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands is getting a mixed reception from ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum emphasizes the West's role in energy and mining. Utah leads in nuclear energy and critical minerals, says Gov. Spencer Cox. AI demands and trade wars highlight the need ...

The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture recently announced it would try to roll back the “roadless rule,” a decades-old ...

Cox was the final keynote speaker at the Western Governors Association 2025 conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he ...

Western Governors' Conference highlights energy dominance, AI, and state control as White House cabinet members address ...

More than 100 nonprofit organizations sent a letter to the Western Governors’ Association today urging the 19 state leaders ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told a coalition of Western governors on Monday that their states are critical for ...

Republican governors were more willing to entertain the idea but emphasized any sales would need to be directed by local and ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a secretarial order Monday to strengthen relationships between gateway communities and ...

Three Western governors said Monday they’re open to selling off federal lands for housing and other purposes, but with limits ...

Inside the Western Governors’ Association meeting, being held in Santa Fe this week at the invitation of Gov. Michelle Lujan ...

As some communities in far northwest Colorado discuss hosting a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, western leaders are ...