
California bill seeks to limit plastic straw use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — If you want a plastic straw with your drink you may soon have to ask at California restaurants. Lawmakers in the Assembly sent Gov. Jerry Brown

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — If you want a plastic straw with your drink you may soon have to ask at California restaurants. Lawmakers in the Assembly sent Gov. Jerry Brown

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is warning boaters to watch out for manatees, threatened marine mammals which have migrated from Florida across the Gulf Coast. The state Department of

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a settlement with environmental groups, the Trump administration has agreed to designate critical Pacific Ocean habitat for endangered humpback whales. The suit by the Center for Biological

JONES MILLS, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas boat manufacturer is planning to expand and relocate production to another central county. The Sentinel-Record reports Veranda Luxury Pontoons announced it’s leaving the

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dangerous algae blooms in Florida was the center of a legislative discussion in the nation’s capitol on Aug. 28, as members of the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science

NEWPORT BEACH — An open public comment period on a state plan to address water quality issues in Newport Bay officially closed on Sept. 7, allowing the State Water Resources

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Principals’ Association has given the OK for high schools to participate in competitive bass fishing. The Times Argus reported at least eight schools are

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (LOG News Service) — Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Aug. 23 it would send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result