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The House Agriculture committee worked into the wee hours of the night in approving their version of the 2013 farm bill.South...
Nebraska lawmakers over-rode the governor's veto of a teacher pension bill that passed the legislature unanimously.Senato...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature has assigned lawmakers to the summer study committees.The study regarding...
The Medicaid Opportunities and Challenges Task Force will meet today and tomorrow in Rapid City.The task force was organized ...
There's a new wrinkle in on-going statehouse discusses over how best to provide health care coverage to low-income Iowans...
The Yankton School Board will get a more complete look at the proposed budget for next year at their Monday meeting.Superinte...
The Senate Ag Committee begins farm bill markup on May 14.South Dakota Senator John Thune says the bill will look similar to ...
Senate Democrats have introduced energy legislation to be included in the 2013 Farm Bill as the ag committees start markup.Er...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Black Hills Cemetery Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem in January....
Nebraska lawmakers will get a chance to debate the two year budget proposal this year.The Appropriations Committee finished w...
A report by Iowa State University economics professor, Bruce Babcock, finds government incentives to help farmers pay for cro...
Budget bills approved by the Appropriations Committee raise state spending in Nebraska by slightly more than 5-percent.Chairm...
Two different pieces of legislation have been introduced in both Houses of Congress to reform immigration laws. Both versions...
Fifty-one Republicans in the Iowa House have formally endorsed Governor Terry Branstad's "Healthy Iowa Plan" to...
The chairman of the Nebraska legislature's Appropriations Committee gave colleagues a cautionary note prior to delivering...
Entitlement reform, namely changes to Medicare and Social Security are buzzwords in Washington right now, as part of budget c...
The South Dakota State Employees Organization House of Delegates met over the weekend in Sioux Falls.Eric Ollila , executive ...
Nebraska legislators who want the state to expand Medicaid under provisions of the federal health care law are pushing to rev...
South Dakota is the only state in the nation that doesn’t have a felony charge for animal cruelty.That has prompted the...
Five months after beating back a ballot issue brought forward by animal activists, North Dakota groups came together to suppo...
The debate on immigration reform is slowly moving through the Senate, with the “Gang of 8” Senators’ bill s...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature has decided that domestic violence should be the topic of a summer study....
The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to create a new state tax credit for Iowa small businesses that provide health care ben...
The Yankton City Commission has agreed to partner with Yankton Area Progressive Growth to study housing shortages and needs i...
The first meeting of the South Dakota Medicaid Opportunities and Challenges Task Force will be held today and tomorrow in Pie...
The Yankton City Commission will be asked to join in an area housing study at their meeting tonight.Mayor Nancy Wenande says ...
Nebraska Senators spent quite a bit of time last week debating the proposed Medicaid expansion. The proposal could add up to ...
The Gang of 8 Senator’s immigration legislation is a good start for reforming the system and providing for a reliable a...
Women in Nebraska earn 79-cents for every dollar brought home by men, according to a survey from the National Women's Law...
President Obama is proposing to cut $ 7.5 billion from crop insurance in his fiscal year 2014 budget.That doesn’t s...
The Obama Administration released their long awaited budget proposal last week, setting federal spending priorities for the n...
Governor Dave Heineman says Nebraska cannot afford to expand Medicaid...and neither can the federal government.The legislatur...
The group of 8 Senators will soon unveil their comprehensive immigration reform legislation.A compromise was reached on an ag...
Nebraska lawmakers are set to debate the possible expansion of Medicaid coverage this week.The University of Nebraska Medical...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns is taking a wait and see attitude about immigration reform.Johanns says the legislation is in t...
This week’s Presidential budget calls for a $7.5 billion cut in the federal crop insurance program.The proposal is ...
President Obama's 2014 budget proposal which calls for $ 3.77 trillion in spending also calls for $ 50 billion to...
Republicans in the Iowa Senate are touting a plan that would cut individual income taxes by 15 percent over the next three ye...
The expected release this week of a budget from the Obama Administration may put Social Security and Medicare back in the spo...
A coalition of Nebraska business and agricultural groups is calling on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.Kris...
A study released by the Platte Institute questions whether expanding Medicaid would be good for Nebraska.Platte Institute Exe...
Despite new laws in place, authorities are still making busts on synthetic drugs, but the amounts of drugs should be decreasi...
A Nebraska state senator wants veterans to receive special identification on their driver's licenses.Senator Annettee Dub...
An outreach initiative to help veterans will be held this week in South Sioux City (Nebraska).Representatives of the US Depar...
Congress will consider two budgets, very different budgets, submitted by the Senate and the House.Congressman Adrian Smith sa...
Iowa’s farmland values jumped 17 percent in March from a year earlier according to the Iowa Realtor’s Land Instit...
A bill that would require online retailers to collect sales taxes and return them to the states has made some progress in Con...
With the announced retirement of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson, state democrats will have to find candidates for three hig...
Some Iowa lawmakers are raising concerns about the governor's anti-bullying bill. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, a Republic...
As insurance carriers learn more about health care reform, the more they say rates will be going up. Jerome Rewolinski is the...
This year’s session of the South Dakota Legislature passed major legislation overhauling the state’s criminal jus...
The federal Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress just over three years ago, and more of its provisions are becoming eff...
The US House passed its version of a budget this week. South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem says that version would put a ...
A measure to expand Medicaid in Nebraska has been approved by a legislative committee and sent to the full legislature for de...
Health care providers in South Dakota were among the sponsors of a one cent sales tax increase proposal that was defeated by ...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has criticized the legislature's priorities for tax relief.The Revenue Committee has adva...
The death penalty is again being debated in the Nebraska legislature. Several people giving testimony before the Judiciary Co...
National Farmers Union is opposing a bill introduced in Congress that would prohibit horse slaughter in the U.S.NFU President...
Both democrats and republicans in Washington have introduced budget resolutions in the past week, so the debate over taxes an...
Democrats in the Iowa legislature say they've extended an "olive branch" to Republican Governor Terry Branstad ...
Nebraska's rural communities continue to lose population, while its metro areas continue to grow.David Drozd with the Uni...
State Senator Ken Haar of Malcolm has introduced a bill into the Nebraska legislature that would require all school districts...
A study of the effects of crop insurance in 2012 for producers in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Wyoming showed net dollars...
?As the main run of the 2013 South Dakota legislature wrapped last week, one issue left hanging was the question of expanded ...
A new study financed by the American Hospital Association concludes Iowa's economy will get a more than two-billion dolla...
House Budget Chair Paul Ryan has released his ten year spending plan. It would balance the federal budget by 2023 primarily t...
The Iowa state auditor says legislators should consider using the 800-million dollar state budget surplus to pay off state de...
?South Dakota lawmakers wrapped up the main run of the 2013 session last week by passing a major revision to state economic d...
Iowa will lose 46-million dollars in federal funding as a result of the sequester cuts in federal spending, with over 200 sta...
South Dakota lawmakers are looking to wrap up the main run of the 2013 legislative session today, with major legislation on e...
An economic plan called “Building South Dakota” will be on Governor Dennis Daugaard’s desk soon.State lawma...
A new study suggests Iowa, in order to land more business expansion projects, should bolster its economic incentive programs....
Some Nebraska lawmakers want to reduce the number of juveniles going into detention by offering more treatment for troubled t...
A legislative committee will hear a number of bills aimed at changing how Nebraska handles juvenile offenders.Lawmakers will ...
School officials in Iowa would have clear legal authority to discipline students who use Twitter and Facebook to bully other ...
A preliminary budget has been released by the Nebraska Legislature's Appropriations Committee...with a few sizeable disag...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says his plan to provide health care coverage to about 90-thousand low-income Iowans could be a ...
A bill that would pay for pre natal care for expectant mothers that are not citizens is still alive in the South Dakota legis...
Some 85-billion dollars in automatic, mandatory spending cuts are beginning nationwide as part of the process known as seques...
A bi-partisan compromise on economic development was announced by democratic and republican leaders in the South Dakota legis...
The South Dakota legislature is in its final full week of the session, with many big issues left to decide. Among them is the...
The 250-million dollar commercial property tax credit plan devised by Democrats in the Iowa Senate has cleared a senate commi...
Nebraska lawmakers heard plenty...mostly positive...about the possible expansion of Medicaid in Nebraska.Supporters say Nebra...
The US House, Thursday, passed the “Violence Against Women Act” on a 286 to 138 vote.The legislation creates and ...
If an agreement is not reached by Friday there will be huge federal spending cuts across the board. Nebraska U-S Senator Deb ...
Legislators from both political parties have drafted initial outlines for next year's state budget in Iowa, with Republic...
Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha has been railing against legislation that would allow inmates at the McCook Work Camp to work...
At a stop in Brookings ,Wednesday, Deputy U.S. Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a $ 4 million grant provided to S...
Senate Democrats say Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad must be willing to negotiate with Democrats over property tax re...
The Yankton City Commission agreed to move ahead on a housing study, connected to economic development.City Manager Amy Nelso...
A proposed recalculation of Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for Social Security benefits would add up for seniors in the co...
The White House’s 2014 budget plan calls for eliminating foreign food aid programs such as Food for Peace and Food for ...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says that while he might be giving up on the two tax bills filed this legislative session, he...
South Dakota legislators are considering bills that would add more information on political campaigns for voters.Secretary of...
A public hearing on the possible expansion of Medicaid will be held Wednesday at the State Capitol in Pierre.The hearing will...
South Dakota legislators have been talking about the pro’s and con’s of expanding the number of those eligible to...
Democratic leaders in the South Dakota legislature say they are still seeing good cooperation as the session hits the two thi...
The “Violence Against Women Act” passed by a large bi-partisan vote in the Senate, and may soon be up for debate ...
The US Senate approved a reauthorization of the “Violence Against Women Act” this week on a 78 to 22 vote. The bi...
Iowa House Republicans are again trying to pass a law that would require all voters to show a photo I.D. and they tout a rece...
Republican and democratic legislators are forming a Medicaid expansion exploratory committee to learn more about the possible...
Nebraska lawmakers working on the Governor's tax proposal in the legislature say they are reviewing alternatives to see i...
The top priority for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association coming out of their just concluded convention is reautho...
The question of expanding Medicaid coverage will be answered late in the South Dakota legislative session this year, if at al...
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party says the G-O-P is a "big tent" and those who support same-sex marriage ar...
Medicaid expansion could cost the State of South Dakota millions of dollars in the future. District 18 legislators held a for...
District 18 legislators held a public forum on Saturday in Yankton, and the expansion of Medicaid coverage was again a big to...
Legislative democrats have been pushing for the state to opt in to expanding Medicaid coverage of low income people. Under th...
Wednesday, Nebraska Cattlemen Association members testified against one of Governor Heineman’s tax reform bills, LB 405...
The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce announced they cannot support two tax reform bills proposed by Governor Dave Heineman. ...
About forty legislators listened to a briefing last night on Medicaid expansion.Vernon Smith, with Healthcare Management Asso...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman will appear before the Revenue Committee of the Unicameral Wednesday to talk about his propos...
A bill that would have prohibited the State of South Dakota from expanding Medicaid health coverage was killed in the House S...
Congress may soon be dealing with a package of bills dealing with immigration reform. A bi-partisan group of eight Senators w...
Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King plans to use a new leadership position to press for a reduction in food stamps or &quo...
Democratic leaders in the South Dakota Legislature focused on education issues at their briefing Thursday.Senate Minority Lea...
A group of eight Senators has come up with a possible plan to reform US immigration policy.South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson s...
Legislation intended to keep your boss from prying into your social networking activities ran into trouble during a hearing a...
Monday, Ag United met with various industry groups to form a strategy for battling South Dakota Senate Bill 171, the animal c...
A bill has been filed in the South Dakota Legislature that would expand Medicaid coverage in the state to more eligible adult...
A bi-partisan group of Senators are pushing for immigration reform legislation.The bill calls for a pathway to citizenship fo...
South Dakota Senator John Thune gave the republican response to President Obama’s radio message this past weekend.He ta...
Both sides in Washington agree that changes are needed to Social Security and Medicare, the disagreement comes over how to ge...
Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, health care providers have to give the federal government more information on the...
The Iowa Corn Growers Association has set its state legislative priorities for the 2013 session.President Bruce Rohwer says t...
The justice reform bill, SB 70, passed through the South Dakota Senate Thursday, after some emotional debate.The bill was the...
On the last day of bill introductions in the Nebraska Legislature, Lincoln State Senator Kathy Campbell introduced a bill tha...
The Congressional budget talks are dictating the outlook and time table for a new 5-year farm bill. House Ag Committee Chair ...
An issue that South Dakota voters defeated last November would have raised the state sales tax by one cent, with half going t...
Results of an annual poll show many of the Iowa's farmers believe farmland is overvalued and the market bubble will event...
Senator Heath Mello of Omaha says he likes what he sees so far with Governor Dave Heineman's state budget proposal.Mello ...
South Dakota legislators are still waiting on more information of the cost and benefits of expanding Medicaid coverage in the...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman is proposing to do away with the state’s income tax for both corporations and individua...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he wants to start a conversation: should Nebraska eliminate the state income tax.He made...
Iowa lawmakers returned to Des Moines this week for their legislative session. The major legislative goal for Iowa Farm Burea...
Nebraska lawmakers will have to deal with a plan to expand Medicaid coverage of low income people. The federal government is ...
Ten groups including the National Milk Producers Federation have come together to form the Agriculture Work Force Coalition.C...
It appears that economic development will be a major issue in the 2013 South Dakota Legislature, although there is disagreeme...
A new Nebraska legislative session brings new issues as well. Newly-elected Speaker of the Legislature, Greg Adams of York, s...
A relatively mild winter is helping stretch heat assistance dollars.Dave Gall with the South Dakota Department of Social Serv...
A new report shows about 20 percent of Iowa's young children live in poverty -- and the largest pockets of poverty are no...
South Dakota State Senate Minority Leader Jason Frerichs is co-sponsoring a bill this session to do away with perpetuity of c...
South Dakota lawmakers will have to figure out what to do about economic development in this years session.Voters in November...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three point two percent increase in funding for the state’s universities in the...
A new survey of business leaders and supply managers in the Mid America region finds an economic slide during December. Creig...
Each year the Social Security Administration uses the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, to determine if those receiving benefits ...
Research indicates that half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by the age of 14. Parents can often see issues tha...
Social Security benefits have entered into discussions over the fiscal cliff. The Obama Administration has suggested using a ...
There is120-million dollars in surplus state tax revenuesitting in a "Taxpayer Relief Fund"in Iowa.House Speaker Kr...
Newly-released Census data indicates Iowa's population has increased -- primarily due to new immigrants who've moved ...
Social Security benefits have entered into discussions over the fiscal cliff.The Obama Administration has suggested using a &...
The execution this fall of Donald Moeller leaves three men on South Dakotas death row; Charles Rhines, Briley Piper and Rodne...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has included a three percent raise for state employees in the 2014 budget he delivered ...
Human trafficking in Nebraska is being studied by a legislative established task force. Member Al Riskowski says their latest...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard released his budget proposal to legislators this week. Sales and other taxes are up, so...
Several ag group leaders are meeting with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer to see if there’s some way the farm bill can ...
South Dakota legislators gathered in Pierre Tuesday to listen to Governor Dennis Daugaards budget proposal.The budget overall...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a balanced Fiscal Year 2014 budget that provides more money for education,...
There is a dramatic shortage of primary care physicians in rural Nebraska. The University of Nebraska Medical Center recently...
During her re-election campaign, South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem made of point of her thirty three votes against the A...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will deliver his budget address to the legislature Tuesday in Pierre.There are reports ...
South Dakota legislative democrats have decided that expanding Medicaid coverage will be one of their top legislative priorit...
A Nebraska economist doesn't hold out much hope that this lame-duck session of Congress will approve any measure that wil...
Congressional negotiators are not moving much on discussions to avoid the fiscal cliff at the end of the year.South Dakota Co...
While results of the November elections confirmed that health care reform will continue, health care providers have been plan...
A couple of Nebraska legislative committees...holding a joint public hearing...heard that more work must be done to fully cal...
Mexico’s incoming President Enrique Pena Nieto says he wants to work with President Barack Obama on comprehensive immig...
Nebraska Appleseed says it favored a state-run health insurance exchange, rather than having Nebraska join the federal exchan...
A number of major food retailers and fast food chains, like WalMart and McDonalds have caved to the pressure from the Humane ...
Legislative leaders are putting together their agendas for the 2013 South Dakota legislature that begins in early January.Hou...
It appears the election this month has settled the question of health care reform for the time being.Many pieces of the feder...
The National Farmers Union is urging Congress to take action on tax reform in addition to spending reductions as part of thei...
Increasing taxes has become the focal point of debate in the early days of the lame duck Congressional session.President Obam...
A long-term evaluation of three state services for Nebraska families finds them valuable, though perhaps under-used.The direc...
The clock is ticking as the lame duck Congress only has limited time to get several issues resolved including approving a new...
Noted pro-livestock speaker and professor Wes Jamison has been speaking around South Dakota on how to combat animal activists...
Noted pro-livestock speaker and professor Wes Jamison has been speaking around South Dakota on how to combat animal activists...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, a Republican, actively promoted a handful of candidates running for the officially non-parti...
As the G-O-P reviews its losses, some prominent Republicans have begun to call for action on immigration reform as a way to m...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says the fight against the federal healthcare overhaul is over...decided by last week’s e...
A South Dakota Legislative Task Force on Oil and Gas Drilling is looking at legislation that includes protections for farmers...
South Dakota voters last week defeated an initiated measure that would have raised the state sales tax by a penny, with the e...
Voters this week defeated an initiated measure that would have raised the state sales tax in South Dakota by one cent. The me...
Comprehensive immigration reform and improving the public image of the dairy industry were the top priorities coming out of t...
Iowa's top election official is warning county auditors a small group of international "election observers" are...
Voters in South Dakota will decide on a one cent sales tax increase next week. Initiated Measure 15 was placed on the ballot ...
A woman whose daughter was raped and murdered more than two decades ago says she has relief now that Donald Moeller is dead. ...
Nebraska voters will decide next Tuesday whether the state constitution should guarantee the right to hunt and fish.State Sen...
A legislative committee looking at the operations of the state Development Center in Redfield has come up with some recommend...
A proposal is being pushed to extend foster care services in Nebraska until the foster child turns 21.Senator Amanda McGill s...
Governor Terry Branstad is talking about pitching a plan to legislators that would offer Iowa taxpayers an alternative to ded...
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has reportedly committed to holding a vote on the 2012 farm bill during the lame duck sessi...
The South Dakota Developmental Center Work Group will meet in Pierre Thursday, and talk about the future of the State Develop...
The Iowa Department of Public Health is reminding you again to get vaccinated against the flu after seeing an increase in cas...
A federal judge has struck down parts of the Nebraska sex offender law.The judge has found the state cannot limit the use of ...
Those receiving Social Security will see an increase of 1.7 percent next year in their benefits. That cost of living adjustme...
South Dakota voters get a chance to decide if the state can continue with a large project incentive program. Referred Law 14 ...
Opponents of the death penalty gathered at the Yankton County Government Center to hold a prayer vigil around the time of the...
National Farmers Union finds it encouraging that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is reportedly saying the farm bill will co...
A number of South Dakota legislative districts were redrawn after the 2010 census to comply with population changes.District ...
October is "Domestic Violence Prevention Month" and a counselor in north-central Iowa says it's a problem that&...
The leaders of Iowa’s nonprofit organizations say they are facing a "critical" shortage of workers as the nee...
Wednesday night, President Barack Obama and Challenger Mitt Romney squared off in the first of their debates this campaign se...
Governor Dave Heineman says the "Nebraska Option" for the Essential Health Benefits plan under the federal healthca...
Iowa Pork Producers are not surprised that ICCI has joined HSUS in their litigation attempts against NPPC for what the activi...
The federal government is pushing states to expand the numbers of those eligible for Medicaid coverage.South Dakota Governor ...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has decided that the State of South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, opting...
A recent poll of Nebraskans showed a majority support the Keystone XL Pipeline project. The survey conducted by the Omaha Wor...
A recent poll of Nebraskans showed a majority support the Keystone XL Pipeline project. The survey conducted by the Omaha Wor...
The American Journal of Public Health is reporting that more people commit suicide than die in car crashes. The same study po...
Monday the Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit against USDA and the Ag Secretary over the National Pork Board...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says voters will have a chance to help economic development in November with their vote...
Under the terms of the federal Affordable Care Act, states have to develop health insurance exchanges, where people who other...
Immigration reform that would benefit the dairy industry isn’t likely until next yearThat’s according to National...
The farm bill remains stalled in the US House, with dimming prospects of seeing any action before the election.Nebraska Congr...
Members of the Iowa task force assigned to address the controversial issue of when school should start in the fall has decide...
An Iowa State University economist says with the drought pushing up corn and soy beans prices, you can expect to pay more for...
The Federal Reserve's QE-3 economic plan is intended to stimulate the economy by printing more money to help more people ...
The lack of progress on the farm bill is a major issue in South Dakota’s Congressional race. Incumbent republican Congr...
A series of public hearings on formation of a Health Insurance Exchange in Nebraska have concluded. Now, the legislature wres...
The most recent state records show 369 Iowans took their own lives in 2010. Mark Vander Linden, with the Iowa Department of P...
A slight drop in enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will trigger a cut in the budget.UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl...
Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey have a disagreement on how best to reduce the federal deficit.Fischer contends...
Plenty of questions remain unanswered as time runs out for Nebraska to establish a health insurance exchange under provisions...
Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow will join more than 60 members of the Farm Bill Now coalition on Capitol Hill Wedne...
The budget plan presented by Congressman Paul Ryan was not favorable to agriculture and that is a concern to farm groups now ...
Congress is back to work in Washington this week following the August break, and the national political conventions.South Dak...
Over two weeks ago, a Sioux Falls man was found guilty on eight counts relating to the night he raped three girls in his Huro...
The Rural Health Office of the South Dakota Department of Health currently offers a couple of grant programs designed to recr...
There's a rumor floating around that it's illegal to kill a bat you find in your house. That is -not- true. In fact, ...
The Heineman Administration rejects suggestions made by the Nebraska Democratic Party that it didn't follow proper proced...
Despite the ag setting the debate between republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem and democratic challenger Matt Varilek at Dako...
Debate over the future of Medicare is entering the Presidential campaign, especially with the entry of Congressman Paul Ryan ...
A study conducted by the policy arm of the University of Nebraska Medical Center concludes that the cost of expanding Medicai...
The "Star-Tribune" reports two felony child pornography counts have been filed against Minnesota State head footbal...
The "Mankato Free Press" reports Minnesota State head football coach Todd Hoffner was arrested on Tuesday on reques...
Many companies and their employees are watching and waiting to see what happens with health care reform.The Supreme Court rul...
Governor Dave Heineman says Nebraska continues to work toward creating a Health Insurance Exchange...even as two big deadline...
The painkiller hydrocodone is said to be the most-prescribed drug in Iowa, with more than 72-million doses prescribed statewi...
Democrat Bob Kerrey says Congress must make Social Security and Medicare sustainable if the United States is to get control o...
Congress left for its August break without deciding whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and stop automatic budget cuts fr...
Iowa's governor plans to convene a statewide "bullying prevention summit" this fall. The author of a book that ...
Prior to adjourning for the August break the U.S. Senate approved bi partisan legislation extending the E Verify program. The...
A survey is underway among businesses in the Yankton area, gauging interest in another fundraising campaign for economic deve...
The number of uninsured Nebraskans under the age of 65 is at a record high. University of Nebraska Medical Center College of ...
When the U-S Supreme Court upheld the health-care reform law, it may have set the stage for improved conditions for workers a...
The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in the state this year. Deputy state epi...
National Farmers Union officials say they want Congress to pass a full farm bill as soon as possible. Organization President ...
The Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) has released a statewide survey that shows hospitals provided community benefits in 2011 ...
President Obama's proposal to extend tax cuts to those earning less than 250-Thousand dollars a year moves to the House o...
Persistent drought conditions have introduced a unique set of crop insurance issues not seen in recent years for grain produc...
A USDA report released this week says retail food prices are forecast to increase 3 to 4 percent in 2013 due to this year&rsq...
A national report that attempts to rank how each state takes care of its children shows the down economy is making an impact ...
A possible one year extension of the farm bill could contain disaster assistance for producers. American Soybean Association ...
A spokesman for the Nebraska Hospital Association says hospitals in the state absorb nearly 900-Million dollars a year in unc...
This week Mercy for Animals released video taken by one of their undercover investigators at a Minnesota hog farm claiming an...
SOUTH DAKOTA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WALT BONES SAYS THE STATE IS RESPONDING TO THE DROUGHT.BONES SAYS A NUMBER OF AGENCIES ...
Officials with the Heineman Administration have attempted to assure a legislative committee that Nebraska is on track impleme...
Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is critical of Governor Dave Heineman's stance on expanding Medicaid.Heineman has said the st...
The Bush era tax cuts will expire at the end of the year, and Congress is debating how much, if any of the cuts will continue...
Iowa’s top two financial officials say it's time to re-establish upper limits or "caps" on the pension ch...
Police have shut down a Twitter site that appears to be for bullying students at Worthington Minnesota High School. Superinte...
The US House voted again this week to repeal the federal health care reform law that was passed in 2010.It was the thirty thi...
Five Democrats joined House Republicans in voting 244-to-185 to overturn the Health Care Reform law...a symbolic vote, becaus...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the state cannot afford to expand Medicaid, sending a letter to three state senators obj...
A state senator says Democrats in the Iowa legislature will try to find a way around Republican Governor Terry Branstad's...
Iowa State Auditor Dave Vaudt released his annual budget review, giving the state mostly good marks in controlling spending. ...
The Iowa Depart of Public Health won a seven-point-five million dollar grant from the U-S Department of Health and Human Serv...
The National Pork Producers Council is recommending FSIS revise its Draft Compliance Guide for residue prevention. The guide ...
A state senator insists Nebraska can afford to expand Medicaid...and he dismisses Governor Heineman's suggestion that vit...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the state has time to implement the federal healthcare law's provisions.The law pass...
A small committee of South Dakota legislators will be coordinating studies of the state developmental center in Redfield.Sena...
The Yankton City Commission plans to adopt its 2013 budget next month. Before then, they will hold several workshops to discu...
Thursday, The House Agriculture Committee unveiled a new farm bill proposal that’s estimated to reduce government spend...
Big oil is preventing an Iowa gas station from being the first in the country to sell E15. Linn Co-Op of Marion, Iowa is bein...
The Iowa Department of Education is asking the federal government for a one-year freeze on the "No Child Left Behind&quo...
The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul law that requires most Americans to get insu...
Strong reactions to the Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and the individual insurance mand...
The Supreme Court ruled that much of the Affordable Health Care Act is constitutional, which means provisions already enacted...
Monday, the United States Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.National Milk Producer ...
The Senate passed farm bill includes farm program payments limits offered by Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Tim Johnson ...
An official in northwest Iowa is predicting delays in patient care and property tax hikes because of a new state law. Iowa la...
Wednesday, Senators voted 52 to 47 to approve an amendment to the farm bill requiring conservation compliance before growers ...
Minnesota Land Stewardship Project members are pleased Senators voted to approve tying conservation compliance to crop insura...
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says his views on how to treat the children of illegal immigrants have evolved since h...
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Iowa Governor Terry Branstad plans to go into contract talks with the unions that represent state workers this fall and seek ...
More than 240 amendments have been introduced to the farm bill in the Senate, which could severely bog down passage before th...
Eleven presidents of state labor groups in the Midwest, affiliated with the AFL-CIO are meeting in Chicago to talk about the ...
National Corn Growers Officials are worried about an amendment to the farm bill offered by Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. It...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin convened a regional hearing about bullying in Des Moines.Emily Domayer, a 2006 graduate of Sioux City...
University of Nebraska regents approved extending employee benefits to same sex partners. Helen Moore told regents that she&#...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says it’s time to get proactive with animal activists like the Humane Society of the U.S. ...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem held another telephone town hall meeting, and most of the questions dealt with Medicar...
A legislative committee got an update this week on the state’s retirement system. Investment Officer Matt Clark said th...
Despite moving into the warm weather months, sign up is well under way for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program for next ...
Benefits provided by the University of Nebraska could be extended to same-sex partners under a proposal to come before the Bo...
A Federal Judge this week ordered the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider two denials of petitions to restrict the use...
The State of Iowa will increase the maximum benefit paid for unemployment at the start of the new fiscal year on July first. ...
The tobacco industry continues to target specific communities and youth with intense advertising and promotions. Chris Tholke...
The State of South Dakota is getting another six million dollar grant from the federal government to help set up a health ins...
With warmer weather now, swarms of mosquitoes won’t be far behind.Despite lower numbers the last couple of years, publi...
Jeff Barth, one of Representative Kristi Noem’s potential opponents in the November election, accused the incumbent Rep...
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The federal budget is heading toward automatic cuts beginning January first, under the budget control act passed last year. T...
The Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors, a collaboration of eighteen health departments across the state is sharin...
A recent study of retirement savings found that about forty nine percent of Americans are not saving any money for retirement...
Yesterday during a House Agriculture Subcommittee Farm Bill hearing, a study from USDA’s Risk Management Agency was rel...
The Iowa legislature wrapped up the 2012 session last week with agreement on the budget about the only major issue that got b...
Leadership in the Senate Ag Committee is stepping up their efforts to get the farm bill passed through the full senate. Chair...
A state audit questions the expense of Nebraska's state employee health plan. State Auditor Mike Foley says the health in...
The Yankton School Board saw the first draft of the budget for the next school year. Superintendent Dr Joe Gertsema says it s...
The South Dakota Legislature has announced the members of an Interim Legislative Watershed Task force. The 14 member board ma...
More than 50 farm and urban women came together in Sioux Falls last night to share a conversation about farming and food. It ...
Delta Dental of South Dakota has been awarded a federal grant to help improve oral health care for Native American mothers, t...
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President Obama created a stir yesterday when he said he supports the right of gay people to get married.South Dakota Democra...
Republicans and a few Democrats in the Iowa House have passed a bill that would reduce commercial and industrial tax rates by...
The "Kansas City Star" reports David Glass has no interest in selling the Royals. According to the report, Glass sa...
The Minnesota State Senate has passed a bill for a new stadium for the Vikings. According to the "Star Tribune," pl...
A series of meetings held last fall and winter allowed members of the public to learn about the state budget and how it is pu...
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The 27th annual Risky Business conference is scheduled for next week on the Iowa State University campus, drawing professiona...
A new report claims sexual violence, in just one year, cost the state of Iowa$5.8 billion or $1,875 per resident. The...
The Senate Ag Committee passed a farm bill Thursday in record time, with general satisfaction by most farm groups and a budge...
Center for Rural Affairs leaders are urging the Senate Ag Committee to amend the farm bill proposal presented by the leadersh...
The US Senate has voted to give the US Postal Service a financial lifeline. South Dakota Senator John Thune says several prop...
Nebraska Senators voted to override Governor Dave Heineman’s veto of a bill that allows the state to pay the prenatal e...
The Iowa House has approved a bill that calls for massive changes in the way poor Iowans receive mental health services. Coun...
The 2012 session of the Nebraska Legislature wrapped up last week with one final day to consider bills that were vetoed by Go...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The bill for a new Vikings stadium was approved by the Senate Rules Committee yesterday. According to the &...
The latest report from a public policy research group concerning the budget choices of Iowa lawmakers compares the funding of...
In what is seen as largely a symbolic vote the US Senate this week rejected the so called “Buffett rule” that wou...
The Iowa legislature has voted to grant volunteer emergency medical technicians and volunteer fire fighters a small state inc...
Federal lawmakers return to Washington this week, following their Easter Congressional break. South Dakota Senator John Thune...
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says a GAO report indicates the government could potentially save one billion dollars a year by c...
A scaled-down tax cut package signed into law is a first step toward tax relief in Nebraska according to its sponsor. Senator...
Nebraska lawmakers have brushed aside a veto threat...and approved a bill that would extend prenatal coverage to the poor, in...
The Iowa Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that seeks to expand state tax credits for small-scale wind turbines. Sena...
The two men who lead the budget-writing committees in the Iowa House and Senate admit there's as much as a 300-million do...
Iowa prosecutors soon will have "more legal tools" as they seek to charge people with exploiting children and teens...
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Mike Flood declined to directly address Governor Dave Heineman's criticism of his sup...
The fate of the federal health care reform legislation is in the hands of the US Supreme Court following oral arguments last ...
The waiting is on as the US Supreme Court considers arguments for and against the federal health care reform law. The court h...
Despite the challenge to the health care reform law heard in the US Supreme Court last week, the State of South Dakota contin...
35 federal lawmakers have co-sponsored the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act.The measure would permanently abolish the federal ...
Farmers Union is backing legislation introduced by Senators Harkin, Klobuchar and Conrad to reauthorize and provide mandatory...
Minnesota Farm Bureau members were in Washington DC last week speaking with elected officials about everything from regulatio...
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South Dakota voters in November will decide the fate of an economic incentive bill passed by the 2011 legislature. That bill ...
The US Supreme Court wrapped up three days of oral argumentsover the constitutional questions around the federal health care ...
The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services says a plan to redesign Iowa’s county-based system for delivering...
Lawmakers have approved the money the University of Nebraska says it needed to finance its Healthier Nebraska Initiative.Nebr...
China’s demand for U.S. soybeans is expected to keep growing and providing more opportunities for America’s farme...
Mitch Fargen, of Flandreau, who has been assistant minority leader in the South Dakota House, announced at the end of the leg...
A working group at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha has been studying the federal health care law for the p...
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Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has introduced another budget version that promises reduced spending, and a balanced bu...
The US Supreme Court begins three days of hearings over constitutional questions around the health care reform law passed by ...
Iowa businesses say they're paying something akin to a "tax on a tax" and they're asking Iowa legislators t...
This week, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning will be in Washington D-C for three days of arguments in front of the Suprem...
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryun, a Wisconsin Republican has released a budget proposal that would cut $ 5.3 trillion more...
AARP is beginning a major outreach to older Americans to engage them in a conversation about Social Security and Medicare.AAR...
A Democratic senator at the center of the controversy over Iowa Workforce Development offices that serve unemployed Iowans sa...
As South Dakota lawmakers work through their final day in Pierre Monday many of them still have to make a decision on whether...
Questions have emerged in the Nebraska legislature about whether the state can afford tax cuts as the governor wants. Senator...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman is reserving judgment on the child welfare legislation on the verge of passing.Heineman says ...
The Yankton School Board will have to make some big decisions about the health insurance program they offer their employees, ...
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AARP-South Dakota has surveyed the fifty plus population in the state, both in Sioux Falls, and in towns of populations of th...
A school superintendent in northwest Iowa is responding to media reports that he rejected the showing of a documentary on bul...
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow says her group has one more hearing on the 2012 farm bill and hopes to complete the legislati...
Democrats in the Iowa House tried to block legislation they say will weaken the state's ability to investigate child labo...
The South Dakota legislature this year passed an anti-bullying policy that is awaiting the governor’s signature. It wou...
As legislators wrapped up the main run of the 2012 session, there were many questions about the process. At the last District...
The end of the legislative session is decision time for all South Dakota lawmakers. Each one has to decide whether they want ...
State employees in South Dakota will see a bonus, and a raise following action by the legislature last week. One of the last ...
So many programs in Nebraska need funding and there is only so much money to go around. State lawmakers are concentrating on ...
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The Senate Ag Committee appears to be moving toward marking up a new Farm Bill by the end of this month.Ag Chair Debbie Stabe...
The Yankton School District will have to figure out budget options following the defeat of a proposed one point four million ...
The Iowalegislature has voted to establish new penalties for people caught getting a job at a livestock confinementorafarmin ...
Undercover Video Legislation also known as the Ag Gag Law passed the Iowa Legislature this week and is on its way to the Gove...
Undercover Video Legislation also known as the Ag Gag Law passed the Iowa Legislature this week and is on its way to the Gove...
Nebraska lawmakers began two days of debate on bills aimed at fixing problems with the state's child welfare system. Sena...
New variations of "synthetic marijuana" which have proven harmful to teenagers would be banned under legislation pe...
Iowa Senate Democrats have endorsed legislation that would set aside 20-million dollars in state tax money over the next thre...
Iowa State representatives approved property tax relief legislation this week for commercial property owners, homeowners and ...
A coalition of organizations renewed its opposition to a voter identification bill that could come up for debate in the Nebra...
Despite the emotions that are following HB1234, the Governor’s teacher incentive plan, legislative leaders say the bill...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is rejecting the idea of reducing commercial property taxes by 250-million dollars, favoring ins...
The South Dakota Legislature has approved House Bill 1116 which exempts soybean stubble, wheat straw and corn stalks used in ...
While South Dakota lawmakers continue to move a proposed three percent pay raise for state employees, there is concern much o...
A coalition of Nebraska groups says Governor Dave Heineman's 326-Million dollar tax cut proposal wouldn't really help...
A measure that would call on the state of Nebraska to ask for a federal waiver so Medicaid could pay for family planning serv...
A call to turn over portions of the crop insurance program to USDA’s Farm Service Agency offices is being opposed by cr...
The Obama administration Monday unveiled much of the same budget proposals for USDA as last year, looking for $ 32 billio...
The American Farm Bureau is fighting legislation sponsored by Oregon Representative Kurt Schrader calling for federal product...
A bid to close-down Iowa businesses that employ illegal immigrants has cleared an initial hurdle at the statehouse. If the bi...
Debate over funding Planned Parenthood has broken out in the Nebraska Unicameral as it considers a bill to allow family plann...
The Pledge of Allegiance and the American Flag would be focal points in Nebraska public school classrooms under a bill introd...
American Soybean Association members are working with members of Congress to extend the one dollar per gallon biodiesel tax c...
A bill increasing the penalties against those who assault doctors and nurses has advanced in the Nebraska Unicameral. Omaha S...
U.S. Labor Department officials Wednesday announced they are re-evaluating the parental portion of their proposed child labor...
While there have been only scattered cases of influenza reported across the region, people are still getting sick. Deb Scholt...
A key senator has publicly issued a new challenge as Iowa legislators struggle to resolve their dispute over how to cut comme...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has been criticized for waiting to create a state health insurance exchange...but says it doe...
A coalition of Nebraska physicians are complaining that state budget cuts have hurt access to health care. Dr. Scott Applegat...
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The South Dakota Public Health Association is looking to expand their membership. The organization works with partners to pro...
A senator who sponsored a bill to get rid of the death penalty in Nebraska has pulled the bill from consideration until the i...
County officials object to Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's proposal to eliminate the inheritance tax.Lancaster County C...
Iowa legislators are taking another stab at getting a measure passed that would prevent trespassing on ag operations and requ...
Despite low numbers so far, public health officials say the flu is still around, and you still have time to protect yourself....
Critics of changes to Nebraska’s child welfare system got their say before the legislature's Health and Human Servi...
Critics of changes to Nebraska’s child welfare system got their say before the legislature's Health and Human Servi...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman appeared before the legislative Revenue Committee to promote his 326-Million dollar tax cut p...
Nebraska Cattlemen Association’s Legislative Committee has selected two bills as their priorities for this year’s...
Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director Dr. Patricia Quinlisk says outbreaks of the norovirus illness continue to s...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has filed to run for the United States Senate.Bruning, a Republican, says he's not ...
A state senator questions whether the state should cut taxes at this time. Senator Health Mello of Omaha says the state canno...
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Authorities in South Dakota are seeing a rise in the use and abuse of new, manufactured drugs. Synthetic marijuana and the so...
As Congress moves back into full session next week, there are members who say they should take on the so called “big ti...
Iowa lawmakers examining funding for health services for Iowa’s aging prison inmates say it’s a growing concern t...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad told The Cedar Rapids Gazette's editorial board that he "would definitely consider" si...
The pay roll tax extension debate that ended just before Christmas, will be restarted late next month. The tax cut was extend...
The US Senate returns to work next week in time for the Presidents State of the Union speech. South Dakota Senator Tim Johnso...
Former US Senator Bob Kerrey says he understands the challenge should he decide to return to politics and run for his former ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has announced that the state will not look to set up a health insurance exchange this y...
The 2011 Kids Count - Nebraska Report is out. The report looks at several factors that impact a child's well-being in the sta...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the objections raised by defense lawyers about how the state obtained a drug vital to th...
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A survey of South Dakota legislators shows little support, and a lot of doubt about a November ballot issue. The survey shows...
Legislative democrats have been putting together their priorities for the 2012 session, which starts next week. House minorit...
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The Iowa Department of Education released its "Annual Condition of Education" report, detailing a wide range of inf...
Nearly a third of Iowans get some sort of benefit from the state's welfare agency. Chuck Palmer is director of the Iowa Depar...
The Yankton School Board has been working through various budget issues, including the possibility of another property tax op...
A national study of the 50-states by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy advocates an increase in the gas tax for I...
A national study of the 50-states by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy advocates an increase in the gas tax for I...
A Nebraska legislative committee calls for changes to the state's child welfare services. There are 18 recommendations contai...
An internal investigation accuses 11 staff members of the Beatrice State Developmental Center in Nebraska of either abusing r...
Omaha Catholic Charities is gearing up for a busy summer and fall. Director Emily Kozlik says they operate two food pantries ...
