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Interior resumes oil and gas leases on public lands, raises royalty rates

Apr 19, 2022

The Interior Department is reopening lease sales on public lands. However, the agency announced that it was 80% less acreage than the oil and gas industry nominated for leasing. The Interior also increased royalty rates.

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'The Crumbs': Federal Neglect Leaves Tribal Jails In Disrepair—If They're Open At All

Aug 06, 2021

After months of repeated written questions and public records requests from NPR and the Mountain West News Bureau, Interior Department officials said they now plan to contract with an outside agency to examine the troubles plaguing tribal detention centers.

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A Mother’s Death In Tribal Jail Highlights Need For Medical Care On Site

Aug 06, 2021

The National Congress of American Indians has urged the federal government to place medical personnel in its tribal jails, arguing that the current situation "exacerbates the already challenging problem of health disparities for American Indians."

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Wilma Fleury sits in her home in Browning, Montana on April 24, 2021.

'A National Disgrace': Years After Promised Reforms, People Keep Dying At Federal Tribal Jails

Aug 06, 2021

Willy Pepion had a cracked skull, and guards at the federal jail on the Blackfeet Reservation dismissed his pleas for help. He died in his cell. Three hours went by until anyone noticed.

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 Carlos Yazzie’s brother, Chris, stands next to the remains of their childhood home on the Navajo Nation.

Carlos Yazzie Needed A Hospital. Instead, He Ended Up Dead In A Tribal Jail

Aug 05, 2021

"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."

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 Carlos Yazzie’s brother, Chris, stands next to the remains of their childhood home on the Navajo Nation.

Carlos Yazzie Needed A Hospital. Instead, He Ended Up Dead In A Tribal Jail

Aug 05, 2021
"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."
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Interior Secretary Advocates For Big Budget Increase On Capitol Hill

Jul 27, 2021

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she advocated for an $18 billion budget increase for her department next year. The money would go towards advancing renewable energy projects, expanding wildland fire programs and boosting public safety on reservations.

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US Ends Oil, Gas Lease Sales From Public Land Through June

Apr 22, 2021

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department is canceling oil and natural gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how burning that fuel contributes to climate change.

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Tribal Communities Cheer Sec. Haaland's Appointment

Mar 16, 2021

Citizens of tribes across the U.S. are cheering Deb Haaland's confirmation as the first Native American secretary of a cabinet agency.

The U.S. Senate on Monday voted 51-40 in favor of the Democrat’s nomination to lead the Interior Department.

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Suit Filed Over All-Terrain Vehicles In Utah Recreation Zone

Jan 28, 2021

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has been sued over plans to allow all-terrain vehicles in a recreation area in Utah that conservation groups say would be destructive.

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Trump Administration Loses Bid To Dismiss Monument Lawsuits

Oct 02, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's bid to dismiss lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a 2017 decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah.

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Interior Secretary Touts Trump NEPA Reform In NV

Jul 24, 2019

 

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt toured a Nevada gold mine's expansion project to tout the Trump administration's streamlining of environmental regulations to expedite permitting for development on federal lands.

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Dept. of Interior Says Two Native American Tribes Can Build Casino Opposed By MGM

Mar 22, 2019

The Department of Interior decided two native American tribes can proceed in developing a Connecticut casino that MGM Resorts strongly opposed.

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Interior Boss Order Aims To Protect US Public Land Access

Mar 22, 2019
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Acting U.S.
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Trump: Base Didn't Support Heller For Interior, Re-Election

Feb 07, 2019

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump says he didn't pick former Nevada Sen. Dean Heller to be his nominee for U.S. Interior Secretary because he couldn't get his base excited about the Republican.

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Researchers To Get Grants To Study Pronghorn In Nevada

Dec 03, 2018

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced nearly $300,000 will be given to study pronghorn antelope in Nevada.

The research grants will be given to study migration corridors of the herds.

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Sec. Zinke Denies Giving Away Public Land To Energy Industries

Sep 25, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke dismissed the notion that he's giving away public lands to oil and gas companies.

The secretary made the assertion during a Monday visit to Zion National Park.

He was at the park to draw attention to the maintenance backlog at national parks. 

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Nevada Democrats Claim Disrespect After Interior Chief Trip

Jul 31, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elected Democrats and an Indian tribal leader criticized Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for canceling meetings with advocates during his tour of two southern Nevada national monuments that the Trump administration is considering cutting in size.

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BLM Agent Violated Ethics Rules At Burning Man

Feb 01, 2017

A report released by the Department of Interior this week has found that a Bureau of Land Management supervisor from Utah violated federal ethics rules at Burning Man.

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