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February 17, 2026
A special prosecutor for Oklahoma's governor and the state's wildlife conservation director have asked a federal court judge to throw out the Muscogee Creek Nation's hunting rights lawsuit, saying the tribe has gone along with state hunting regulations for more than a century.
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February 17, 2026
Lifeline providers in states that were allowed to opt out of the federal verification process might soon find themselves in the hot seat, as the Federal Communications Commission revealed Tuesday it has launched investigations into certain providers from three states.
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February 17, 2026
Two months after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's cancellation of a federal disaster mitigation program was illegal, the government has not shown any signs of restoring it, a coalition of states said Tuesday.
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February 17, 2026
The Navajo Nation's tribal council members are throwing their support behind a New Mexico bill that will allow for Native American designations on state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards.
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February 17, 2026
A coalition of educational, scientific and parks-related nonprofits filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court challenging the Trump administration's efforts to remove signage from national parks that discusses slavery, Native American history and climate change.
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February 17, 2026
A South Dakota hotel and its owner are pressuring defense counsel provided by an insurance carrier in an underlying racial discrimination lawsuit to submit filings relying on artificial intelligence that could potentially violate legal ethics rules, the insurer alleged in Nebraska federal court Tuesday.
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February 17, 2026
A Wisconsin tribe is fighting a request by Enbridge Energy Inc. to stay a June 16 deadline to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on reservation lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, telling a federal district court that the Canadian company's motion is "jurisdictionally infirm."
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February 13, 2026
The U.S. government is opposing the Sierra Club's attempt to enforce a settlement pact concerning borderlands barriers as they fight over the first Trump administration's diversion of federal funds for border wall construction versus environmentalists' claims that the wall impedes wildlife passage.
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February 13, 2026
The Eighth Circuit has rejected a Minnesota Native American man's petition for an en banc rehearing in a jurisdictional dispute over a tribal court divorce order, potentially setting the case up to be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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February 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal government parties have urged a D.C. federal court to grant them a quick win in a suit over the approval of a California tribe's 221-acre real estate development project, which includes a casino.
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February 13, 2026
A Native American casino and a UNITE HERE local are on track to settle a dispute over whether a 2025 strike violated two tribal ordinances, their attorneys told a California federal judge, asking him to keep the litigation paused for another two weeks while they finalize the deal.
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February 13, 2026
A bill that would direct agencies to take a closer look at the administrative barriers that stand in the way of broadband deployment has sailed through the House Committee on Natural Resources and now heads to the full House for consideration.
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February 13, 2026
An Alabama tribe, the Interior Department and Auburn University are asking a federal district court to dismiss an ongoing challenge by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over a sacred burial site, arguing a lack of standing and sovereign immunity.
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February 13, 2026
The Cayuga Nation is urging a New York federal court to reject a motion by cannabis shop owners for attorney fees in a racketeering suit it brought, saying the owners didn't prevail on those claims.
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February 12, 2026
The Trump administration's removal of the link between greenhouse gases and public health takes aim at the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 landmark determination that GHGs are air pollutants, and will spark a prolonged battle with consequent uncertainty for industries.
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February 12, 2026
The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California said it has purchased more than 10,000 acres of its ancestral lands in the Sierra Nevada, made possible by a $5.5 million grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board and marking the third-largest land return in the state's history.
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February 12, 2026
A federal judge has determined that a Utah Indigenous nation's former energy manager has yet to exhaust all tribal court remedies in a 12-year-long breach of contract dispute, saying time and the case's increased complexity can't resurrect his challenge.
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February 12, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized the repeal of an Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases endanger people's health, and clawed back the vehicle emissions standards that relied upon that finding.
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February 11, 2026
A California federal judge presiding over social media addiction multidistrict litigation Wednesday criticized Meta's bid to push newly filed arbitration demands into court, saying she doesn't have jurisdiction over those claims and noting "big companies" are always insisting on arbitration, but "when they don't like the fact that they're arbitrating, they complain about it."
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February 11, 2026
The distinction between a futures contract and a wager could play a role in deciding whether Kalshi can offer certain sports-related transactions in Connecticut, a federal judge hinted Wednesday while hypothesizing about the legality of contracts on events like first contact with extraterrestrial life and world leaders greeting each other with a warm embrace.
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February 11, 2026
Native American tribes in California can claim a property tax exemption for land conservation efforts under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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February 11, 2026
A Michigan tribe is asking a D.C. district court to reconsider the denial of $1.5 million in legal fees the tribe had sought to recoup from the U.S. Department of the Interior in a federal recognition status dispute that eventually led to the agency's revamping of a rule allowing tribes to petition for recognition again.
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February 11, 2026
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has pushed back against an Oklahoma municipality's bid to stay a jurisdiction dispute in federal district court while a similar challenge plays out in the Tenth Circuit, saying that the two cases aren't covering the same ground.
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February 10, 2026
The Indian Health Service has announced it will phase out the use of dental fillings containing mercury at its facilities over the next year.
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February 10, 2026
A nonprofit aimed at "overcoming identity politics" cannot preliminarily block a Washington state housing program designed to reduce racial disparities in homeownership, a Seattle federal judge ruled, saying the group has not shown it is likely to succeed on its claim that the program is unconstitutional.