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February 27, 2026
The federal government is asking an Alaska district court to deny a bid by several Indigenous communities to vacate a permit associated with a placer gold mining project in the Bonanza Channel near Nome, saying its decision falls well within the "broad zone of reasonableness" under Supreme Court precedent.
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February 27, 2026
New York's Seneca Nation has received approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior to place more than 200 acres of its ancestral homelands into restricted fee status.
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February 26, 2026
Florida admitted to a federal appellate court that it likely won't be reimbursed for an Everglades detention center used to support the Trump administration's strict immigration policy, even though last year the state's governor told the public that the federal government would fund the facility's construction.
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February 26, 2026
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and 17 domestic violence coalitions are fighting in Rhode Island federal court over the groups' bid for a temporary restraining order to block the government from cutting off grant funds that don't comply with President Donald Trump's diversity, equity and inclusion rules.
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February 26, 2026
A group of California residents and a nonprofit organization are appealing a Washington federal judge's denial of an attempt to block the construction of a casino owned by the Ione Band of Miwok Indians, following his recent order denying their motion for a preliminary injunction.
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February 26, 2026
A Utah senator has started the formal process of overturning a resource management plan designed to protect an Indigenous national monument by adding a Government Accountability Office opinion on the 1.9-million-acre site to the Congressional Record that could fast-track a vote on the controversial endeavor.
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February 26, 2026
An Oregon federal judge has ordered tailored changes to hydropower dam operations in the Columbia River Basin to protect endangered salmon and steelhead, saying that as a decades-long dispute continues, the guaranteed tribal treaty resource is "disappearing from the landscape."
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February 26, 2026
The government is seeking summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging the U.S. Forest Service failed to consider emissions from its logging program's anticipated timber sales, telling a D.C. federal judge that the plaintiffs' claims are moot after the 2025 budget reconciliation bill set new goals directly.
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February 26, 2026
Hawaii's attorney general and health department director are urging a federal court to throw out a challenge to new hemp regulations, arguing that they have immunity under the 11th Amendment and that the regulations don't conflict with the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill.
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February 25, 2026
A coalition of states has urged a Washington federal court to bar the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from clawing back roughly $3 billion in federal funding for solar energy projects, arguing it can't rescind funds already obligated.
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February 25, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that BNSF Railway Co. cannot be held strictly liable under Montana law for transporting asbestos-containing vermiculite and letting vermiculite dust collect on tracks and its railyard, upending the $8 million jury verdict awarded to the estates of two former Libby, Montana, residents who developed mesothelioma.
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February 25, 2026
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday faced tough questions from a Senate energy panel over prior comments he made that advocated for selling off large swaths of public lands.
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February 25, 2026
Enbridge Energy LP insists that a Wisconsin federal court has the authority to pause a looming shutdown of a portion of its Line 5 pipeline, telling a judge that keeping the crude oil and natural gas liquids line running amid an appeal would prevent "painful, irreparable harm" to consumers, workers and energy markets in the U.S. and Canada.
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February 25, 2026
A county in Northern California violated federal law by retaliating against and firing a Native American juvenile corrections officer for reporting that she had been subjected to sexual harassment by her supervisors, a complaint filed in California federal court has alleged.
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February 25, 2026
Prediction market Kalshi Inc. is pushing back against the efforts of three California indigenous groups in federal court to stifle its sports event contract activity in the state, arguing the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act does not authorize the tribes to regulate their activity.
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February 25, 2026
A New York federal court judge won't alter a judgment that dismissed a Long Island school district's challenge to the state's law prohibiting the use of Indigenous imagery in public schools, saying the district failed to show any sign that it faces a possible threat of Title VI federal liability.
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February 25, 2026
The U.S. Department of Education must fund K-12 mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings, the Ninth Circuit ruled, denying the agency's emergency request to pause a lower court's permanent injunction pending an appeal.
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February 24, 2026
The full D.C. Circuit gave the federal government the third degree Tuesday as it tried to convince the court that it should stick with a panel's decision that the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to freeze $20 billion in grant funds intended for green groups.
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February 24, 2026
Enbridge Energy is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to examine the Michigan governor's sovereign immunity claims as it fights her decision to revoke a pipeline easement, arguing she has sought to "manufacture" a conflict in federal precedent.
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February 24, 2026
Arizona's top legislative leaders and the Republican National Committee are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that partially invalidated certain provisions of two state laws that required proof of citizenship to vote by mail and in presidential elections.
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February 24, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared reluctant to overturn a ruling that kept Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down an Enbridge pipeline in state court, questioning why they should excuse the company for missing a federal removal deadline.
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February 24, 2026
An Alaska Native company has been hit with a proposed class action from an employee 401(k) participant who alleged his plan was saddled with excessive fees and poorly performing investments, breaching fiduciary duties and causing prohibited transactions in violation of federal benefits law.
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February 24, 2026
The Interior Department said it has cleared the way for faster approval of large infrastructure projects by finalizing a rollback of nearly 50-year-old policies in the National Environmental Protection Act to reduce the scope of the law by more than 80%.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to determine whether a climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies can proceed in state court, but the justices also created a potential off-ramp by questioning whether they can actually hear the case.
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February 23, 2026
The San Carlos Apache Tribe says a poll released by the Center for Biological Diversity shows that Arizona voters oppose Resolution Copper Mining LLC's proposed mine, which would transfer approximately 2,500 acres within the state's Tonto National Forest to the company.