US REGIONS

California's push to ban new gas vehicles by 2035 could spread to 17 states across the country. The measure faces firm opposition in several states, however.

Micron Technology announced plans Thursday to invest about $15 billion in a new memory chip manufacturing factory in Idaho, the state where it's headquartered.

A nursing home staffing crisis is unfolding in Pennsylvania as 14 nursing homes go on strike due to contract negotiations falling through.

The North Dakota Supreme Court reversed a decision made in a lower court in a dispute involving oil and natural gas royalties with a Houston-based energy company.

Amtrak will resume its train service on Sept. 26 from Seattle to Vancouver, earlier than the December restart date previously announced.

PharmaTech's previous co-owner, Raidel Figueroa, has been sentenced to over three years for lying to the FDA and allowing contaminated medicine to go to pediatric hospitals.

Louisiana's long-neglected critical infrastructure systems are slated to get a major boost in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A Colorado utility company was slammed on social media after customers were locked out of their smart thermostats as temperatures rose past 90 degrees.

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced that the state reached a $40.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid claims on Thursday.

Vermont will begin phasing out its federally funded rental assistance as funding has begun drying up. New applications will no longer be accepted beginning on Oct. 1.

UW Health nurses approved moving forward with a strike. The union plans to notify administrators that they will strike if they are not recognized as a union on Friday.

Pure Watercraft has announced a $5 million investment into a former steel plant in West Virginia. The company expects to start building and fulfilling orders at the plant in early 2023.

Known for its famous London Bridge and situated along the Colorado River, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, is one of the southwestern cities and tourist towns the extreme heat is impacting.

The last coal plant in Hawaii, operated by AES Corporation, has been taken offline as the state wants to shift to solely using renewable energy sources by 2045.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey visited Taiwan, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. announced the construction of a $12 billion chip manufacturing plant in Arizona.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that will allow the state to procure more electricity as its power grid braces for a historic heatwave.

McDonald's USA President Joe Erlinger on Wednesday criticized California's AB 257, a bill aiming to increase labor regulations on the fast food industry.

As a drought continues to drag on across the northeast U.S., some businesses may be able to use the weather to their advantage to attract more customers.

SPARKZ, an energy startup that makes electric batteries, is opening a 482,000-square-foot plant in Taylor County, WV. A recruitment drive has started for the first group of employees.

The Peachtree City Police Department has announced the arrest of a 14-year-old juvenile suspect following a fire that was "intentionally set" at a Walmart store there.