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Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson covers politics and the West from Denver. She can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.

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New York City Councilman Corey Johnson, left, and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, applaud during a press conference outside The Stonewall Inn to announce a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York. Jewel said the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance for LGBT Americans to mark their contributions to state and U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Remote town sues feds over blocked road project

The Aleut community of King Cove, Alaska, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Interior Department over its refusal to allow the construction of a 10-mile gravel road to an all-weather airport. Published June 4, 2014

Labor unions mobilize as California counties weigh secession

Having once dismissed the movement, state labor unions and Democrats are scrambling to snuff the growing 51st state movement in Northern California, campaigning against two county measures that go before voters Tuesday. Published June 2, 2014

**FILE** Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1, 2013. Colstrip is kind of plant called on by President Barack Obama's climate change plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. On Feb. 24, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's unprecedented regulations, aimed at reducing the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. The case comes to the court amid Obama's increasing use of his executive authority to act on environmental and other matters when Congress doesn't, or won't. (Associated Press)

Media ‘hedging’ on climate change?

Global warming activists say that man-made climate change is "settled science" backed by almost all researchers, but a new Colorado study finds that rising doubts are creeping into the coverage of the issue in the press. Published June 2, 2014

"The Obama administration should stop trying to scare Americans and then impose costly, unnecessary regulations on them," said House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith. "When assessing climate change, we need to make sure that findings are driven by science, not an alarmist, partisan agenda." (Associated Press)

Unsettling: House panel hears debate on climate change science

Liberals have been piling on Rep. Lamar Smith and his fellow House Republicans for failing to hold more committee hearings on climate change, but Thursday's often-heated testimony probably wasn't what the movement had in mind. Published May 29, 2014

Mike Adams filed a lawsuit after the University of North Carolina-Wilmington's sociology department rejected his application for a full professorship. (Alliance Defense Fund)

University appeals bias ruling for conservative prof

A North Carolina university that lost a seven-year legal battle against a conservative professor Mike Adams has decided to file an appeal, citing the “potentially excessive” cost of reimbursing him for attorneys’ fees. Published May 29, 2014

Then-Sen. Barack Obama walks the beach with daughters Malia (left) and Sasha during a vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2008. The community is full of excitement over the family's return. (Associated Press)

Native Hawaiians would be ‘Indians’ under Obama plan

The Obama administration is quietly moving again to bypass Congress on yet another policy issue, this time by enacting the much-disputed bill that would grant tribal sovereignty to Native Hawaiians. Published May 28, 2014

Federal law enforcement officers block a road at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Overton, Nev. Thursday, April 10, 2014. In the foreground are the shadows of protestors. Two people were detained while protesting the roundup of cattle owned by Cliven Bundy on the road. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

New Mexico fence impasse deepens as county weighs sanctions against feds

New Mexico ranchers are plenty mad over the U.S. Forest Service's refusal to open a gate blocking their cattle from reaching water, but all sides say they are working hard to avoid an armed showdown reminiscent of Nevada's Bundy ranch skirmish any time soon. Published May 21, 2014

** FILE ** In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Ad calls Democrat vows to fix Obamacare a new lie

Vulnerable Democratic senators in tight races are vowing to fix Obamacare, but a national ad campaign unveiled Tuesday by conservative groups calls those promises nothing more than lip service. Published May 20, 2014

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER "Ring the bells. Out with the old, in with the new. These are exciting and oh, so encouraging times," said Brent Bozell.

Media watchdog seeks Obamacare contraception opt-out

The conservative Media Research Center has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration seeking an exemption from Obamacare's contraception, sterilization and abortion-pill mandate. Published May 15, 2014