BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant to refocus the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the U.S. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling. But Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said the rule could have blocked access to hundreds of thousands of acres (hectares) of land -- preventing energy and timber production and hurting ranchers who graze on public lands. read more
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Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada's requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor. ... Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down to one generation, from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove they have a direct Canadian ancestor -- a grandparent, great-grandparent or even more distant ancestor. read more
Be honest.
5. I've paid homage at the Colonel's outpost in Corbin, Kentucky. Not as good as I remember it in childhood.
I was working at a parking lot in Atlanta way back when, and Andy Young came through. He was about to run for mayor. I called him "Ambassador," and he didn't seem to mind. I happily waved off his $.50 tab. He was coming out of a hospital and may have been there on a pastoral call.