A Biden administration plan to increase the conservation efforts of America’s public lands is receiving mixed reviews. In March of last year, the administration announced the Public Lands Rule, which establishes a policy to protect, restore and manage the country’s more than 245 million acres of public lands. While the move is largely supported by environmentalists, some critics of the proposed rule argue that the policy could negatively affect the energy industry as well as local economies. The Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — the agency that oversees U.S. public lands — argued that the…

There’s a growing debate around the country as to whether or not to ban cellphones in schools. On one side, many educators argue that cellphones are an impediment to learning as well as sources of increased stress and mental health issues among students. While on the other side of the argument, some parents have expressed safety concerns should their children not be allowed to access their cellphone during the school day. The debate seems to be growing as more and more school-age children have access to smartphones. A survey from last year by the Pew Research Center, for example, found…