• Associated Press

    US dedicates $60 million to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow

    The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands. The funding announced Friday by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland marks the first disbursement from the Inflation Reduction Act for a basin outside of the Colorado River system. While pressures on the Colorado River have dominated headlines, Haaland and others acknowledged that other communities in the West — from Native American reservations to growing cities and agricultural strongholds — are experiencing the effects of unprecedented drought.

  • The Canadian Press

    One way to decrease temporary residents is to make them permanent, ministers suggest

    MONTREAL — A key method of restricting the population of temporary residents is to offer them permanent resident status, the immigration minister said Friday, but that doesn't mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to. Marc Miller met with his provincial and territorial counterparts for the first time since since he announced an unprecedented plan to set limits on the number of new temporary residents. The aim is to rein in runaway growth, which has put pressure on the housing market and o

  • WPTV- West Palm Beach Scripps

    Heritage Insurance 'striving to improve' after failures to policyholders

    The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has leveled a $1 million fine on Heritage Insurance, citing several failures to policyholders in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.