West News for May 2026
- Lake Tahoe Power Crunch Shows AI’s Growing Energy Toll in West
- $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Money to California Deferred Over Suspicions of Fraud
- Newsom’s California Budget Bolstered by Extra Cash from AI Boom
- People Moves: Premier Group Insurance Announces Leadership Transition
- Denver Airport Security Missed Trespasser Killed By Plane on Runway
- California Attorney General Looking into FIFA World Cup Ticketing Practices
- LP Acquires Benefits Consulting Practice of Van Noy Consulting Group in Nevada
- California Suit Claims OpenAI Chatbot Gave Advice That Led to Fatal Overdose
- Trucordia Acquires Assets of Richardson Insurance in Idaho
- Oregon OSHA Tells Businesses to Be Aware of Scams Going Around
- Orion180 Expands in Salt Lake City
- Oregon Democrats Improved Roads, but Now Their Gas Tax Goes Before Voters
- Frontier Jet Hit And Killed Pedestrian on Denver Runway
- California County Suing Meta Over Scam Ads
- GM to pay $12.75 Million to Settle California Driver Privacy Probe
- California Governor Seeks Extension of FEMA Funding for LA Wildfire Victims
- People Moves: Affordable American Names Floyd President Retail Agency Division
- After LA Wildfires, Clergy Crossed Denominational Lines to Help
- California AG Settles with Aspen Dental for $2M Over False Advertising
- California Teens See Cannabis as Safer Than Alcohol, Vapes and Cigarettes
- States Across Wildfire-Prone West Are Using AI for Early Detection
- Slide Insurance Expands Homeowners Coverage to California
- Pacific Hurricane Season Brings Higher Risk of Impacts for Hawaii, SoCal, Mexico
- Bird Flu May Spread Through Air on California Dairy Farms, Study Finds
- DOJ Files Statement of Interest in California Fire Insurance Case
- A Quiet Alaska Fault Is Missing The Fluids Scientists Expected
- Oregon Regulator Shuts Down Health Sharing Company’s ‘Unlicensed’ Insurance
- California Taking Action Against State Farm Over LA Wildfire Claims
- New Mexico Seeks Changes to Meta Platforms in Youth Harm Trial
- People Moves: Alliant Adds McCarter to Employee Benefits Team in Denver
- Maui Fire Lawsuit Payouts Are Near, but Few Will Break Even
- LA Fire Suspect Angry About No Date for New Year’s, Prosecutors Say
- IICF’s Western Division Celebrates $670,000 in Grants; Alphabet’s Nickel Honored
- Workers’ Comp Bureau of California Submits Pure Premium Filing of 10.4%
- Musk Gets Apology From California Regulators as SpaceX Suit Is Settled