Ducks are supposed to be cute and nice, so when you see the headline “Scientists uncover 35-year-old recording of Australian duck swearing repeatedly,” it has the potential to be another source of ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The lame duck period during a transfer of power is often an opportunity for mischief. Remember when President Clinton on his last day in office pardoned a notorious tax cheat whose wife ...

Called the lame-duck session, it's the period in politics post an election but before newly elected officials can take office, and in the Michigan Legislature it's scheduled to last through Dec. 20.

With waterfowl habitat continually changing and wetland loss occurring on a regular basis, it is imperative for researchers to see if landscapes provide enough habitat to support waterfowl populations ...

Scott Fitzgerald pulled no punches. The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate made clear that his support for limiting the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general is based ...

Another egregious example of the administration’s lame-duck overreach is the EPA’s newly finalized methane fee. This rule imposes a hefty $900 per metric ton fee on methane emissions in 2024, ...

The novelist John Steinbeck once observed, “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts…the fear of a loss of power.” It seems he could have written those words while visiting the Wisconsin state capitol.

The 2018 midterm elections ushered in a wave of Democratic officials throughout the country, both on the state and federal level. States like Michigan and Wisconsin provide the clearest evidence of ...

In 2012, North Carolina Republicans won a “trifecta” of legislative and executive power. They used their newfound power to aggressively gerrymander the electoral map and impose new restrictions on ...