Health Care

The unexpected outcome of the Affordable Care Act was a major surprise.

Mountain Health CO-OP, previously known as Montana Health CO-OP, is one of three remaining nonprofit healthcare insurers that have provided much-needed competition in the market. | Bobby Caina Calvan/AP Photo The co-ops under Obamacare were previously considered to be the most significant downfall of the healthcare law. The government provided $2.4 billion to 24 nonprofit

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Energy & Environment

A report from a government oversight agency revealed that the border wall implemented by Trump resulted in considerable negative impact on cultural and environmental aspects.

The construction of a border wall resulted in significant harm and devastation to cultural sites belonging to Native communities. This included damaging sections of Monument Hill in Arizona and completely destroying a burial site near a sacred spring in the Sonoran Desert, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). a report by

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Energy & Environment

According to a lawsuit, the Great Salt Lake in Utah is decreasing in size at a fast pace and the state has been unsuccessful in preventing it.

In the summer of 2021, the lake reached its lowest level ever, leading to increased focus from Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Associated Press 09/06/2023 08:01 PM EDT A group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, stating that Utah officials are responsible for the near collapse of the Great Salt

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Sport

NC high school sports lightning, storms policies and rules

North Carolina is no stranger to thunderstorms, in fact, the state has one of the highest number of lightning strike deaths in the country. According to the National Weather Service, North Carolina ranks third in the United States for most lightning deaths between 1959 and 2017. Participating in high school sports could put people at

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