Mesquite Deal Draws Criticism, Questions
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By Ward, Matt  More than a year after the City of Mesquite agreed to sell 132 acres of city-owned land to a partnership between a Las Vegas casino operator and a commercial real estate developer, some city officials and business people say a foul odor still lingers around the deal.
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A group of Texas farmers and ranchers said they would file a trade complaint demanding $500 million in damages against Mexico saying the government there curbed the flow of water to the Rio Grande.
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By Cathy McKitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 2--A Senate bill, tailored to affect the outcome of a contentious  land battle between two Utah cities, will be reconsidered today as lawmakers  try to resolve concerns about how the measure could impact the rest of the  state.
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Yankees are livid after deal for Randy Johnson falls through again. DePodesta defends his decision that also affects the Diamondbacks.
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By S.J. Komarnitsky, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Mar. 9--WASILLA -- A proposed permit to allow exploratory coal drilling  around the Matanuska Valley community of Chickaloon prompted a deluge of  responses from concerned residents and others.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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Growing embarrassment at senior levels within the Bush administration over GuantÃ¡namo Bay is driving an intensifying internal debate on how and when the camp should be closed.
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Alcoa's offer for Canadian rival Alcan is trumped by white knight Rio Tinto.
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The federal government sued Monday to gain access to land owned by a Texas city whose mayor has been highly critical of a planned U.S.-Mexico border fence.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 7--A proposed large increase in Oro Valley's water-connection fees met with opposition from development and building representatives at a public hearing Wednesday night.
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SANTA FE, N.M.  - A Texas energy company may get  rights to drill in a pristine swathe of a New Mexico national  forest after a White House task force intervened on its behalf,  a move that has become a hot issue in the battleground state  before next week's presidential election.
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By Sallie James and Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 26--Coral Springs officials are fuming over a Parkland proposal to annex almost 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton because the plan dumps traffic from future development onto already clogged Coral Springs roads.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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An effort by Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez to build $20 billion pipeline has generated political and environmental controversy at home and abroad.
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PHOENIX, Arizona  - In recent weeks the battle lines in a heated debate in the United States over illegal immigration have been drawn across the sidewalk outside an Arizona furniture store.
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The planned merger of the nationâs two largest satellite radio services, XM and Sirius, raises questions about antitrust issues.
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By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 15--Several dozen water customers balked at the idea of consumers fronting the costs of California American Water's expansion, saying the private company is asking the public to carry its investment risk.