Open Spaces show rundown for January 16, 2026

New research highlights ways to make data center developers pay for adding demand to the power grid, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be accountable to the public.

The state program distributed $2.4 million to food pantries around the state and ended when the government reopened in mid-November. The Wyoming Department of Family Services recently put out a report detailing the program’s impacts, challenges and takeaways.

This week, appropriators on one lawmaking committee made significant cuts to the University of Wyoming, the state Department of Health and many other elements of state government. One Republican lawmaker said the state was at a “crossroads.”

The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.

A doctor from Nigeria tells what Martin Luther King Jr. taught him about health, Justice and inequality.

Ilyse Levine-Kanji of Westborough, Massachusetts plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and host Ayesha Rascoe.

The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.