Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, as seen across the desert from an area near the Castle Mountains in February 2016. President Biden is declaring the area as a national monument.
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The designation preserves Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas from new development. President Biden is also starting the process for a vast new marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii.
Max Arias, Executive Director of the SEIU Local 99 union speaks to members of the press and community at a demonstration outside of Robert F. Kennedy Community School in Koreatown. Behind him is Cecily Myart-Cruz, the president of the UTLA teachers union, and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
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Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, as seen across the desert from an area near the Castle Mountains in February 2016. President Biden is declaring the area as a national monument.
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Republican state Rep. Mallerie Stromswold votes on a bill on the House floor of the Montana state Capitol on Jan. 13, 2023.
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