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Jennifer writes about campaigns and elections and occasionally contributes articles about Western water issues. Before joining E&E in 2011, she spent 10 years at the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call where she worked as an investigative reporter writing about ethics, campaign finance and congressional wealth. Her work has also appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Detroit News and on National Public Radio. She has appeared as an expert guest on outlets including C-SPAN, NPR and local television. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii will not prosecute a National Park Service employee who received "improper gifts" from local tour operators, the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General revealed today.
Republican lawmakers led by Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch have urged President Trump to "keep all remedies on the table" as his administration considers reforms to the Antiquities Act.
A pair of Colorado Republican lawmakers are urging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to refrain from recommending any changes to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, calling the 175,000-acre site "an example of what the Antiquities Act was intended to do."
President Trump today proposed in his fiscal 2018 budget request the elimination of the Marine Mammal Commission, one of numerous independent agencies targeted for closure under the new administration.
A local Utah official, who told E&E News last week that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke privately vowed to recommend rescinding Bears Ears National Monument, said today that he misspoke and that Zinke had not promised any specific outcomes for the 1.35-million-acre site.