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Iowa lawmakers return to Des Moines this week hoping to find final compromises and wrap up the 2013 session.Senator Randy Fee...
The numbers of issues dogging the Obama Administration are increasing, and that may bog down any legislative progress.South D...
Iowa republicans are struggling to find a “name” candidate to run for the Senate seat that will open up with the ...
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states adopt tougher drunken driving laws, but two key Iowa leg...
Wednesday, the Senate on an 83 to 14 vote approved the Water Resources Development Act or WRDA bill. The measure puts investm...
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is preparing an amendment for floor consideration that would restrict the Environmental Protectio...
Nebraska lawmakers over-rode the governor's veto of a teacher pension bill that passed the legislature unanimously.Senato...
Democrats, at least on the national level, are preparing to give up on the Senate seat in South Dakota.That’s the view ...
Former South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin announced today that she would not be a candidate for political o...
Iowa lawmakers are struggling to find enough compromises to end the 2013 session.Republican Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull sa...
There's a new wrinkle in on-going statehouse discusses over how best to provide health care coverage to low-income Iowans...
Nebraska lawmakers have taken three days to debate the 7-point-8(B)Billion dollar spending plan for the next two years.It inc...
The Senate this week passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect taxes due from online purchases...
The entry of Rick Weiland as a democratic candidate for the US Senate in South Dakota may quiet the draft Brendan Johnson mov...
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 top Republican in the Iowa legislature hints there'll be a new proposal unveiled this week to spend some of the state...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Black Hills Cemetery Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem in January....
For the second time in five years, a northwest Iowa legislator has proposed docking the pay of Iowa Supreme Court justices, t...
The United States has until May 23 to come into compliance with a WTO ruling calling for removing of trade distorting provisi...
Budget bills approved by the Appropriations Committee raise state spending in Nebraska by slightly more than 5-percent.Chairm...
Senator Mark Johnston of Sioux Falls has announced his resignation from the South Dakota legislature as he becomes Vice Presi...
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...
Iowa legislators are meeting in conference committee to iron out differences between House and senate versions of the nutrien...
There is some movement in education reform discussions at the Iowa statehouse, but no breakthrough. Senate Democrats have agr...
A decision by the South Dakota legislature’s Executive Board to possibly include paying for trips to American Legislati...
Iowa State Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey says he'll decide in a few weeks whether he's going to run for the Unit...
The organization and management of the South Dakota legislature’s professional staff will be reviewed by a team from th...
Nebraska legislators who want the state to expand Medicaid under provisions of the federal health care law are pushing to rev...
The bill that mandates across the board cuts in federal spending was passed by a large majority in the House and Senate as pa...
Nebraska Legislators are debating LB 407, the State Aid to Education Bill. Nebraska Farm Bureau is supporting the measure alt...
Producers are confused about EPA’s Oil Spill Prevention and Counter Control Measure Rules. The Continuing Resolution pa...
South Dakota legislative democrats are upset that the Executive Board has authorized lawmakers to be reimbursed for trips to ...
Five months after beating back a ballot issue brought forward by animal activists, North Dakota groups came together to suppo...
Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says he is "getting close" to a decision about his political future and it could be ...
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 decided to form an interim committee this summer to look at education fun...
The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to create a new state tax credit for Iowa small businesses that provide health care ben...
Hours of difficult debate got nowhere, so debate on Nebraska’s school funding formula in the legislature has been suspe...
A legislator from southeast Nebraska says he'd support his colleagues carrying guns in the state capitol building. Senato...
Minnesota Farm Bureau officials are concerned with a state House passed measure that raises water appropriation permit fees f...
Nebraska Senators spent quite a bit of time last week debating the proposed Medicaid expansion. The proposal could add up to ...
Iowa House Republicans have again voted to advance their own property tax reform plan. It would reduce commercial property ta...
The Obama Administration is again talking about starting another round of Base Reduction And Closure negotiations. That would...
The US Senate voted down an amendment that would have expanded background checks for guns purchased at shows and online. The ...
The Obama Administration released their long awaited budget proposal last week, setting federal spending priorities for the n...
A coalition of 26 Democrats and three Republicans in the Iowa Senate has voted to create a new commercial property tax credit...
Governor Dave Heineman says Nebraska cannot afford to expand Medicaid...and neither can the federal government.The legislatur...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns is taking a wait and see attitude about immigration reform.Johanns says the legislation is in t...
Democrats in the Iowa Senate have voted to hire 13 new state employees to inspect large livestock facilities and they warn th...
Wednesday, Congressman Bob Goodatte of Virginia introduced a measure to repeal or reform the Renewable Fuels Standard. Americ...
President Obama's 2014 budget proposal which calls for $ 3.77 trillion in spending also calls for $ 50 billion to...
This week, The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing looking at reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee...
Republicans in the Iowa Senate are touting a plan that would cut individual income taxes by 15 percent over the next three ye...
The nation’s soybean farmers are promoting the health benefits of soy during April soy foods month.Barb Overlie with th...
The Iowa Senate has rejected two of Governor Terry Branstad's nominees for the board that governs the state universities,...
Nebraska Third District Congressman Adrian Smith says he has no plans to run for higher office, either the United States Sena...
The newly formed All Risk No Reward Coalition is asking President Obama and the State Department to reject Trans Canada&rsquo...
Republican Congressman Steve King says any Republican who chooses to run for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat will face "a sl...
Minnesota’s cattle producers are fighting a predator control battle on three fronts.State Association Executive Directo...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson says the sides are moving further apart in Congress, and that worries him.Johnson recently a...
Jarrod Johnson, the South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands, has announced his resignation.In a letter to Govern...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson announced last week that he would not run for a fourth term next year. He says he is fine wi...
A 10-member panel of Iowa legislators could be assembled to begin work on a compromise education reform plan. On Wednesday af...
The North Dakota House this week voted 90 to 1 to approve legislation making conviction of animal cruelty a class C felony.A ...
A bill that would require the Nebraska Environmental Trust fund to replace lost tax revenue when it transfers land to the fed...
A study released by the Platte Institute questions whether expanding Medicaid would be good for Nebraska.Platte Institute Exe...
This week’s appointment of Lucas Lentsch as South Dakota’s new Ag Secretary replacing the retiring Walt Bones is ...
Key Iowa lawmakers from both political parties say when it comes to education reform, money matters rather than policy differ...
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...
WNAX Radio has confirmed that Lucas Lentsch will be named the new South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture later today (Tuesday)...
WNAX has learned that Lucas Lentsch will be named the new South Dakota Ag Secretary of Agriculture replacing Walt Bones.Gover...
Congress will consider two budgets, very different budgets, submitted by the Senate and the House.Congressman Adrian Smith sa...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is conceding two of the men he’s asked to serve on the board that governs the state univer...
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...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, held a field hearin...
The first candidate for a state wide office next year in South Dakota has entered the race.State Representative Jim Bolin of ...
The retirement of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson will push the 2014 Senate race into the national spotlight.James Hohmann, ...
Tuesday, South Dakota’s Senior Senator Tim Johnson will announce his intentions for a Senate run in 2014. News outlets ...
South Dakota lawmakers failed to over ride Governor Daugaard’s veto of a measure calling for a fee to fund the state&rs...
Congressman Steve King appears to be seriously considering a bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate next year....
Congress this week approved the continuing resolution to fund the government through September 30. One of the more important ...
The US House passed its version of a budget this week. South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem says that version would put a ...
Thursday morning the House passed the Continuing Resolution which included language to avoid the furloughing of meat inspecto...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has vetoed SB 115, a measure which contains a self imposed fee to be paid by fertilizer manufacturer...
The Senate is moving faster than the House on WRDA legislation to upgrade the nation’s locks and dams and inland waterw...
Problem gamblers who voluntarily signed up to be banned from Iowa's casinos for life would get a second shot at the gamin...
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would give Iowa companies an advantage in selling goods and services to state governme...
This week is the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, where American forces led the invasion that toppled Dicta...
It’s been ten years since the United States invaded Iraq in an effort to unseat Saddam Hussein. Now, billions of dollar...
Both democrats and republicans in Washington have introduced budget resolutions in the past week, so the debate over taxes an...
The numbers are still being crunched as Nebraska lawmakers look at the possible expansion of Medicaid coverage. The federal g...
Democrats in the Iowa legislature say they've extended an "olive branch" to Republican Governor Terry Branstad ...
20 Minnesota Farm Bureau members are in Washington D.C. this week meeting with members of Congress and various federal agenci...
The Iowa House has voted to measure the length of the school year in hours rather than days. Iowa's K-through-12 schools ...
?As the main run of the 2013 South Dakota legislature wrapped last week, one issue left hanging was the question of expanded ...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson says he has not yet made a decision on a re-election bid next year, but he is close.Johnson ...
Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale suggests the legislature study the issue of voter identification rather than move on th...
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...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says it will be awhile before he decides whether to run for the United States Senate.He says ...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack anticipates the impact of meat inspector furloughs tied to sequestration will hit this summer.In a o...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack anticipates the impact of meat inspector furloughs tied to sequestration will hit this summer.In a o...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack anticipates the impact of meat inspector furloughs tied to sequestration will hit this summer.In a o...
Nebraska lawmakers are back to work in Lincoln after a long weekend. They are almost to the halfway point of the scheduled ni...
?South Dakota lawmakers wrapped up the main run of the 2013 session last week by passing a major revision to state economic d...
Nebraska lawmakers are weighing competing claims as they consider a bill that would require Nebraskans to have photo IDs to v...
South Dakota legislators last week approved a predator control program but did away with a one time fund of $ 300,000 pro...
Iowa will lose 46-million dollars in federal funding as a result of the sequester cuts in federal spending, with over 200 sta...
Nebraska Senators Mike Johanns and Deb Fisher have introduced legislation to correct unnecessary and costly EPA fuel storage ...
National Farmers Union members wrapped up their convention in Springfield Massaschusetts this week by passing special orders ...
A top TransCanada official says the latest environmental impact study released by the State Department confirms the Keystone ...
The race for an Iowa Senate seat in 2014 is wide open. Incumbent democrat Tom Harkin announced he would not run for re-electi...
A major article on the national web site Politico.com outlines the dynamics shaping up for the 2014 South Dakota Senate race....
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says his plan to provide health care coverage to about 90-thousand low-income Iowans could be a ...
Agricultural groups are weighing in on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Crop Life...
Two key senators say the Iowa legislature will NOT approve a gas tax increase. The state tax on gasoline and diesel fuel hasn...
Center for Rural Affairs Executive Director Chuck Hassebrook says he will be seeking elected office in Nebraska in 2014.Right...
A bi-partisan compromise on economic development was announced by democratic and republican leaders in the South Dakota legis...
Iowa Congressman Tom Latham says he is confident Republicans will field a good candidate for Senate seat that will be open in...
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...
Minnesota Farmers Union is not supporting companion measures introduced in the state house and senate calling for mandatory l...
Legislators from both political parties have drafted initial outlines for next year's state budget in Iowa, with Republic...
The much talked about federal budget sequestration cuts take effect some time Friday barring some last minute deal between Co...
Senate Democrats say Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad must be willing to negotiate with Democrats over property tax re...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says the federal government should be able to handle a 1-point-2(T)Trillion dollar cut over the...
Members of Congress return to Washington this week with the sequester cuts looming at the end of the week.South Dakota Congre...
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley says he has many options as he considers his political future.Foley, a Republican, acknowle...
The White House’s 2014 budget plan calls for eliminating foreign food aid programs such as Food for Peace and Food for ...
Minnesota State Senate Democrat leaders are co-sponsoring legislation to place a 5 year moratorium on wolf hunting. The progr...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s property tax reform plan got an initial airing at a statehouse hearing Wednesday afterno...
Iowa’s four Catholic bishops are asking lawmakers to consider a plan that would give every Iowa parent an "educati...
A state senator from Cedar Falls is pushing a bill that he says would force the Iowa Board of Regents to be more open and acc...
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow, ranking member Thad Cochran and a group of over 30 Senators have sent a letter to USTR Ron K...
South Dakota legislators are considering bills that would add more information on political campaigns for voters.Secretary of...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he understands why people are speculating...but insists he will need some time to consid...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has decided he will not push his plan to drop the state income tax in favor of expanded sales...
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 ...
Iowa's shortage of nurses is starting to be solved through a University of Iowa program which officials hope will see an ...
Iowa Senate Democrats have revised their property tax credit proposal, yet another twist in the more than two-year-long state...
Democratic leadership on the Senate Ag Committee is offering a plan to satisfy sequestration and avoid across the board spend...
The sequestration budget cuts that were due to kick in at the beginning of the year, are now set to start on March first. Tho...
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...
Republicans in the Iowa House are scaling back Governor Terry Branstad's education reform plan, making it optional rather...
Republican and democratic legislators are forming a Medicaid expansion exploratory committee to learn more about the possible...
The extension that Congress gave themselves on the sequestration budget cuts runs out at the end of the month, and the clock ...
Nebraska prisons have exceeded their capacity...far exceeded.Senator Brad Ashford of Omaha, chairman of the Judiciary Committ...
American Soybean Association leaders are pleased President Obama touched on several of their priority issues in his State of ...
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...
South Dakota lawmakers will still have to decide how much of a budget increase school districts will get next year. Governor ...
Several bills dealing with economic development will get committee hearings this week in the South Dakota Legislature.Represe...
The official search for a new Superintendent for the Yankton School District is underway. The Yankton School Board hired Dako...
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party says the G-O-P is a "big tent" and those who support same-sex marriage ar...
The combined city-school district election in Yankton this April will use vote centers again.South Dakota Secretary of State ...
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...
Cabinet members and other key positions continue to be filled in the Obama Administration with the start of a second term. Th...
The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce announced they cannot support two tax reform bills proposed by Governor Dave Heineman. ...
National Association of State Department of Agriculture members are in the nation’s capital this week.South Dakota Stat...
Dynamics have changed somewhat in Congress but one Senator is hoping to see a five year farm bill passed this year that&rsquo...
HSUS and the United Egg producers are taking another run at getting legislation passed that would limit housing choices for a...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman will appear before the Revenue Committee of the Unicameral Wednesday to talk about his propos...
The Yankton School Board has hired Dakota Educational Consultants to coordinate the search for a new superintendent.Dr. Joe G...
A bill that would have prohibited the State of South Dakota from expanding Medicaid health coverage was killed in the House S...
It’s been mixed results so far for a package of bills sponsored by Governor Dennis Daugaard that would further open the...
Congress finally approved a fifty billion dollar disaster relief package for damages related to Hurricane Sandy.During final ...
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...
South Dakota lawmakers are off Friday and will return to Pierre Monday to continue the 2013 session.HB1087, the school sentin...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin announced last weekend that he would not run for re-election in 2014. He said he wanted to give poten...
South Dakota’s Congressional delegation led a meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki this week, about th...
South Dakota Farmers Union members are hopeful the U.S. House will pass a five year farm bill this year following last year&r...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says "it's not easy to walk away," but he has decided not to seek reelection in 2014.Ha...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says he won’t seek a sixth term in 2014.Harkin who served 10 years in the House will have put i...
South Dakota Senator John Thune gave the republican response to President Obama’s radio message this past weekend.He ta...
Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, health care providers have to give the federal government more information on the...
Senate Bill 171 introduced in the South Dakota legislature calls for making animal cruelty a felony and involves mistreatment...
The justice reform bill, SB 70, passed through the South Dakota Senate Thursday, after some emotional debate.The bill was the...
The Congressional budget talks are dictating the outlook and time table for a new 5-year farm bill. House Ag Committee Chair ...
A measure to create an Agricultural Infrastructure grant fund has been introduced in the South Dakota Legislature. Senator Sh...
The South Dakota House debated a resolution yesterday (Wednesday) that asks the US Supreme Court to overturn its decision on ...
Tuesday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton outlined his budget and tax plan to legislators in St. Paul.Minnesota Farm Bureau Pub...
TransCanada officials are welcoming Nebraska Governor Heineman’s approval of their Keystone Pipeline Reroute.TransCanad...
Senator Heath Mello of Omaha says he likes what he sees so far with Governor Dave Heineman's state budget proposal.Mello ...
Federal rules continue to spread out from Washington, affecting more areas of state law.That’s the view of Senator Jean...
A major issue for South Dakota lawmakers this year will be to come up with an economic development plan. Voters defeated the ...
Nebraska Farm Bureau members are disappointed with Governor Dave Heineman’s tax policy and reform plan calling for elim...
South Dakota legislators are still waiting on more information of the cost and benefits of expanding Medicaid coverage in the...
District 18 legislators held their first forum of the 2013 session Saturday in Yankton.House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff s...
Democrats in the Iowa Senate want to send Iowa's K-through-12 public schools 133-million more state tax dollars for the s...
An attempt at a measure in the South Dakota legislature to penalize overweight grain trucks was shot down this week when the ...
Gary Hanson has been elected as Chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. He is the longest serving member of...
Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer says the discussion on how to curb violence in America needs to expand beyond gun control.The pr...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman is proposing to do away with the state’s income tax for both corporations and individua...
As part of the debate over extending the debt ceiling, Congressional republicans want to tie spending cuts to that extension....
President Obama will soon send the Senate several nominations to his Cabinet, including White House staffer Jack Lew as Secre...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has decided to remain on the job as leader for USDA. That decision pleases many ag group an...
Congress and the President are on a collision course on the debt ceiling. The federal government needs that debt number incre...
More debate is expected this week following the report of Vice President Joe Biden on tightening gun control rules.South Dako...
Nebraska lawmakers will have to deal with a plan to expand Medicaid coverage of low income people. The federal government is ...
Climate Change Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would create a transparent fee on gas emissions from the bi...
Lines are forming in the state legislature in Pierre over the importance of economic development. Democrats say it is not one...
It appears that economic development will be a major issue in the 2013 South Dakota Legislature, although there is disagreeme...
South Dakota Senator John Thune continued his town hall tour of the state with a stop in Yankton.The fiscal cliff and the com...
Nebraska Senators re-organized as they opened the 2013 legislative session in Lincoln this week.Committee assignments were ha...
The incoming president of the Iowa Senate suggests Iowa's top election official does not have the authority to implement ...
A new Nebraska legislative session brings new issues as well. Newly-elected Speaker of the Legislature, Greg Adams of York, s...
New York Congressman Tim Bishop has introduced legislation that would exempt farms and conservation lands from estate taxes a...
Andrew Arhart was re elected this week as President of the South Dakota Pork Producers Council at their annual meeting in Sio...
Tax and Budget issues are the major state legislative priorities for the Minnesota Farmers Union this session. Lawmakers bega...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota Legislature opened yesterday with the State of the State speech from Governor Dennis Dau...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is again putting "education reform" on his to-do list for legislators.Branstad will re...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns predicts an intense confirmation hearing process for former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel as the...
There will be a change in the leadership on the Senate Ag Committee. Kansas Senator Pat Roberts will not serve as Ranking Mem...
Farm groups and lawmakers could go back to work on a new five year farm bill as early as next week. American Soybean Associat...
Anyone that gets a check from the federal government has until March first to switch to direct deposit, or electronic transfe...
A Sioux Falls business man says something has to change in our country’s political system, and he thinks young people a...
South Dakota’s Republican lawmakers both voted in favor of the fiscal cliff deal that passed in both chambers right aft...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota legislature opens next week in Pierre.Attorney General Marty Jackley says he will have s...
Negotiations continue in Washington in an effort to avoid going over the fiscal cliff tonight.South Dakota Congresswoman Kris...
The fiscal cliff deadlock continues on Capitol Hill as democrats and republicans point fingers at each other over any possibl...
The election of Shinzo Abe as Japan’s New Prime Minister is positive for U.S. agriculture and beef trade.That’s a...
NCBA officials have been working with the administration and USTR to improve beef access into Japan for some time now.Earlier...
The United States has to change part of its country of origin labeling law to come into compliance with WTO standards removin...
The United States has to change part of its country of origin labeling law to come into compliance with WTO standards removin...
Social Security benefits have entered into discussions over the fiscal cliff. The Obama Administration has suggested using a ...
An education reform plan that was killed by South Dakota voters last month would have moved toward higher student achievement...
There is120-million dollars in surplus state tax revenuesitting in a "Taxpayer Relief Fund"in Iowa.House Speaker Kr...
An education reform plan that was killed by South Dakota voters last month would have moved toward higher student achievement...
Social Security benefits have entered into discussions over the fiscal cliff.The Obama Administration has suggested using a &...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three percent funding increase for state schools next year.Most districts are still r...
Iowa's Secretary of State says skepticism about in the way elections are conducted is prompting many Americans to skip vo...
The U.S. China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade held in Washington DC wrapped up this week with some progress reported....
President Obama this week rejected the latest fiscal cliff solution offered by House Speaker John Boehner. And Senate Majorit...
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement officials says there’s progress being made on clean water regulation and enforc...
Debate over possible gun control legislation has intensified following the deadly shootings at the Sandy Hook School in Conne...
A key Iowa legislator wants to provide more money to investigate old crimes. Senator Rob Hogg, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, ...
Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson says he's hopeful, but won't say he's optimistic that a solution can be found to the ...
Farmers Union members will be putting pressure on Congress this week to get a new five year Farm Bill passed.Nebraska Farmers...
U.S.and Chinese officials will be getting together in Washington D.C. Tuesday and Wednesday for the 23rd session of the US Ch...
A report is due out in the coming weeks on a possible free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. ...
Tuesday, California Poultry Federation President Bill Mattos gave the keynote address at Ag United’s Annual Meeting in ...
Despite the failure of a comprehensive education reform plan at the ballot box last month, South Dakota legislators will agai...
The standoff on the fiscal cliff is between the President and the republican controlled House.South Dakota Congresswoman Kris...
The good news is that President Obama and House Speaker Boehner have been meeting trying to stop the country from going over ...
This weekend Russia began suspending U.S. meat exports to their nation due to ractopamine use.U.S. Trade Representative Ron K...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided not to increase water flows from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River to suppo...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard last week outlined his aims for the 2013 legislature with his budget proposal. He&rsquo...
President Obama continues to push for a tax increase on the top two percent of taxpayers as part of his plan to avoid the fis...
Secretary of State Matt Schultz, the state official who oversees elections in Iowa, has suggested it's time to consider a...
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Mike Flood, who officially announced last month that he has a candidate for governor, has...
President Obama is standing firm on his proposal that tax rates rise on the richest two percent of Americans.South Dakota Sen...
A major education reform package that was passed by this years legislature was referred, and defeated by voters last month.On...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard released his budget proposal to legislators this week. Sales and other taxes are up, so...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson says he has not decided on a re-election run in 2014.Last week, as former Governor Mike Roun...
Early voting was up again this year.Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale reports nearly 26-percent of the votes cast in the ...
South Dakota legislators gathered in Pierre Tuesday to listen to Governor Dennis Daugaards budget proposal.The budget overall...
The World Trade Organization ruled today that the United States has ten months to come into compliance with their ruling on A...
President Obama is likely to hold the estate tax hostage as leverage in the ongoing budget talks with Congress.Iowa Senator C...
During her re-election campaign, South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem made of point of her thirty three votes against the A...
The main economic development tool used by the State of South Dakota will expire at the end of the year. Voters defeated a me...
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...
The American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC is holding a policy meeting in Washington this week. The group has caused s...
The announcement of former Governor Mike Rounds that he will seek the republican Senate nomination in 2014 has sparked some q...
Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds says he will run for the republican nomination for the US Senate in 2014. He was mak...
Talks in Washington aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff are continuing, but not going well.President Obama and democrats conti...
A Bi Partisan group of Senators and Representatives are calling on Congress to extend the production tax credit for wind ener...
While democrats may have limited numbers in the South Dakota legislature, they could use their success at the ballot box this...
The Senate Ag Committee will soon have new leadership. The Ranking Republican on the committee, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is...
The November elections resulted in the Democrats controlling of every branch of state government in Minnesota. That will have...
Republicans in the Iowa Senate were hoping voters would boost them into the majority in next year’s legislature.That di...
The past two elections have yielded significant turn-over in the ranks of Republicans in the Iowa Senate. Bill Dix is the new...
It appears the election this month has settled the question of health care reform for the time being.Many pieces of the feder...
Mexico’s ambassador to the United States says he believes the countries currently negotiating the Trans Pacific Partner...
National Farmers Union officials have several concerns as time for the lame duck Congress is slipping away.Vice President of ...
The National Farmers Union is urging Congress to take action on tax reform in addition to spending reductions as part of thei...
Representative Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton was selected by House democrats to be minority leader in the 2013 legislative sessio...
Supporters of economic development will be back to square one when the South Dakota legislature opens in January.Democrats re...
Increasing taxes has become the focal point of debate in the early days of the lame duck Congressional session.President Obam...
Republican Bill Van Gerpen of Tyndall will be the new Senator from District 19. He defeated longtime democratic legislator Fr...
Coalition for a Prosperous America members would like to get the House to approve Senate passed legislation for currency refo...
The clock is ticking as the lame duck Congress only has limited time to get several issues resolved including approving a new...
Iowa Congressman Steve King, a Republican from Kiron, says he looks for a tough fight with President Obama and Democrats over...
Economists claim that allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire and drastic, automatic budget cuts to go into effect next year...
Florida Senator Marco Rubio will appear at a fundraiser for Iowa Governor Terry Branstad this week, feeding speculation about...
The Nebraska Unicameral is officially considered “non partisan” as Senators do not run on the ballot as republica...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem has decided not to be involved as a liaison between her class and the republican House...
Preparations are underway for the 2013 session of the South Dakota legislature. Representative Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton says...
South Dakota farm bureau members are holding their annual meeting in Spearfish Friday and Saturday.State Executive Director W...
The House rules committee is expected to meet today to set the procedure under which the full House will consider extension o...
Ray Ring of Vermillion will be a new member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from District 17. Ring, a democrat s...
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...
Representatives and Senators return to Washington this week for the “lame duck” session of Congress. Many issues ...
Republican Mike Stevens of Yankton will go to Pierre in January as a House member from District 18. He was elected to his fir...
The elections didn’t result in many wholesale changes in the branches of government or the Administration. However, the...
Nebraska farm bureau leaders have rolled out their priorities for Congress in the lame duck session.President Steve Nelson sa...
South Dakota voters on a 57 percent to 43 percent margin rejected initiative 15, the measure that would have raised the state...
North Dakota voters sent a message to animal rights activists in yesterday’s general election showing their support for...
Republican candidate Deb Fischer soundly defeated Democrat Bob Kerrey in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race 58 to 41 percent.N...
Long time democratic legislator Frank Kloucek of Scotland was defeated in his bid to move from the House to the Senate in Dis...
State Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton was re-elected in District 18 with sixty five percent of the vote. She defeated democra...
Representative Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton won re-election to the South Dakota House yesterday. He led all four candidates with...
Republican Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen won re-election yesterday, defeating democratic challenger Matt McGov...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem won re-election to a second term yesterday, with fifty seven percent of the vote, just...
The start of Minnesota’s first wolf hunting season for predator control has been successful so far.From Saturday throug...
Voters head to the polls today across the region to elect a President and fill a number of state and federal offices.In South...
Both of South Dakota’s Congressional candidates spent the final campaign weekend crisscrossing the state, urging people...
In this day and age of social media and downloadable apps, it appears old fashioned snail mail is causing most of the disagre...
Iowa's top election official is warning county auditors a small group of international "election observers" are...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will deliver his 2013 budget address to the legislature in about a month.He says uncert...
With about six million people still without electricity in the northeast part of the country, a full out emergency response i...
South Dakota Stock Grower Association members, many of whom own cattle and sheep have joined the State’s Congressional ...
A measure to repeal school lunch regulations that limits calories for school children has been introduced in the House by Con...
Several legislative forums have been held this week as Election Day nears.In a District 18 Senate meeting at Mount Marty Coll...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem kicked off a final week campaign swing. Called the “Farm, Family and Friends tou...
Iowa's governor and the state official who's in charge of running elections both suggest the presidential race in Iow...
Nebraska voters will decide next Tuesday whether the state constitution should guarantee the right to hunt and fish.State Sen...
Candidates for District 18 legislative seats met in a public forum last night at Mount Marty College in Yankton.One of the qu...
The Nebraska Farmers Union Political Action Committee has endorsed Democrat Bob Kerrey in the U.S. Senate Race over Republica...
A new waterways funding proposal could come up in the lame duck session. Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike...
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has reportedly committed to holding a vote on the 2012 farm bill during the lame duck sessi...
Funeral services for former South Dakota Senator George McGovern will be held this afternoon (Friday) at the Washington Pavil...
Recent public opinion polls in South Dakota indicated a large number of voters were undecided on several of the issues that a...
An election fraud unit has been formed by the Nebraska Secretary of State to hear from the public and investigate any suspici...
A temporary pay roll tax cut is due to expire at the end of the year, and will be one more issue the lame duck Congress will ...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has injected himself in several legislative races this fall, campaigning for candidates he sa...
Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern died early Sunday at the age of 90. He was admitted to a Sioux Falls hospice last...
"Great Theater". That is what Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss is calling what he is hearing from both pre...
The Humane Society of the United States’ political arm is devoting much of this year’s campaign budget to ensure ...
South Dakota democratic Congressional candidate Matt Varilek says cooperation will be the key to getting anything done in the...
California Congressman Henry Waxman is introducing legislation to create reporting requirements on antibiotics given to U.S. ...
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says he knows many issues are waiting for Congress when they return to Washington after the...
With less than three weeks on the election calendar, political parties are getting ready for the final push.South Dakota Demo...
Expect to hear and see more political campaigning over the next few weeks, as political parties start their final push to ele...
The pace of early voting in Iowa is brisk.And Secretary of State Matt Schultz, the state's commissioner of elections, exp...
Yankton County Commission candidates took part in a public forum this week at Mount Marty College. It was sponsored by the Ya...
The American Soybean Association sent a questionnaire to the Presidential candidates to get their views on important ag issue...
Resolution on tax policy is critical for the economic well being of farmers and ranchers and must be achieved before the end ...
National Farmers Union finds it encouraging that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is reportedly saying the farm bill will co...
The first heat assistance payments of the year have been sent out to households across South Dakota.David Gall heads up the L...
The Organization for Competitive Markets wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate what they’re calling anti-co...
The South Dakota Open Government Task Force that has been meeting for the past few months has wrapped up its work, and sent i...
A number of South Dakota legislative districts were redrawn after the 2010 census to comply with population changes.District ...
G-O-P legislative leaders say if Iowa voters elect Republican majorities in the Iowa House and Senate, they'll push to fo...
Nebraska hopes to attract military veterans seeking a place to settle down after serving their country.State Labor Department...
Tuesday, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin,past Senate Ag committee chairman outlined his support for President Obama and his ag polici...
Tuesday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack began hosting regional drought meetings to gain input on how to handle effects of the droug...
Republican President Candidate Mitt Romney outlined his agricultural policy during a visit to Iowa yesterday. His ag advisory...
Democratic Representative Susan Wismer of Britton says she is supporting Initiated Measure 15, the sales tax increase.The mon...
Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson says Congress left a ton of work behind when it left Washington...and that work will be waiting w...
Only Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes. Everywhere else, it's winner-take-all.In 2008, Republican John McCai...
Wednesday night, Presidential Candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama held their first debate of the campaign in Denver. And ...
Wednesday night, President Barack Obama and Challenger Mitt Romney squared off in the first of their debates this campaign se...
Public Lands Council leaders are expressing concern at draft legislation proposed by the Senate Appropriations’ Committ...
Despite the ongoing drought the South Dakota legislature will have to deal with water drainage issues again. That was one of ...
Education funding was one of the topics at a District 18 legislative forum last (Monday) night in Yankton.Republican House ca...
District 18 legislative candidates answered questions at a forum sponsored by the Yankton County Farmers Union.One of the top...
Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy says his candidacy for governor moves forward even as he tries to stay focused on his curre...
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...
TransCanada officials are pleased with the results of a recent poll showing that 61 percent of Nebraskans support their Keyst...
TransCanada officials are pleased with the results of a recent poll showing that 61 percent of Nebraskans support their Keyst...
Polls out this week in several swing states indicate that the campaign of republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be ...
Democratic Congressional candidate Matt Varilek is again attacking republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem over her attendance r...
Tax and trade reform were major topics outlined at the Coalition for a Prosperous America’s conference in Cleveland, Oh...
South Dakota’s unemployment rate ticked up a bit in August to four point five percent. That is the highest percentage s...
Brazilian officials are accusing the United States of using economic tricks to manipulate its currency and boost its own expo...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says voters will have a chance to help economic development in November with their vote...
Senators James Inhofe and Mark Pryor have introduced legislation amending EPA’s Spill Prevention, Control and Counterme...
Senator Ben Nelson says if Nebraskans knew how Congressional inaction affects them, they would demand change.Nelson, who is r...
A number of republican legislators have been targeted by so called “robo calls”, automated calls from anonymous s...
The farm bill will not see any action in the US House before Election Day. Republican leaders have decided to pass a continui...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the state is proceeding with its evaluation of the environmental impact of the Keystone ...
Today the Senate failed to take up legislation to extend the Wind Production Tax Credit. The uncertainty leading up to this l...
The farm bill remains stalled in the US House, with dimming prospects of seeing any action before the election.Nebraska Congr...
A Farm Bill has been passed by the Senate...and by the House Agriculture Committee, but not by the full House where it hasn&#...
Ag groups are concerned about the increasing talk about a trade war with China.This comes after President Obama took action a...
Congressional leadership has succumbed to political pressure and will adjourn with unfinished business, including passage of ...
Congressional leadership has succumbed to political pressure and will adjourn with unfinished business, including passage of ...
The need for passage of tax extender legislation along with relief on the Estate Tax are top concerns for Minnesota Farm Bure...
South Dakota voters get to cast the first votes in this year’s election. Secretary of State Jason Gant says county audi...
Trade tensions are mounting between the United States and China.Over the weekend President Obama announced the U.S. would be ...
National Farmers Union officials have decided not to join R CALF and the Made in the USA Foundation in their lawsuit against ...
The lack of progress on the farm bill is a major issue in South Dakota’s Congressional race. Incumbent republican Congr...
The farm bill is still stuck in the US House, with few prospects of movement before the end of the month.South Dakota Congres...
Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has formed an “exploratory committee” to look at the possibility of a ru...
The Open Government Task Force met again this week in Pierre, still working toward more openness in government operations and...
Attorney General Jon Bruning announced that his office has filed two misdemeanor counts against state Senator Brenda Council ...
A series of public hearings on formation of a Health Insurance Exchange in Nebraska have concluded. Now, the legislature wres...
Despite days running out for Congress to be in session, there is time to complete a new farm bill. That’s according to ...
A slight drop in enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will trigger a cut in the budget.UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl...
A coalition of farm groups rallied in the nation’s capital Wednesday calling on Congress to pass a new 5 year farm bill...
Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey have a disagreement on how best to reduce the federal deficit.Fischer contends...
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 ...
Iowa will host the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) annual meeting this week. Iowa Ag Secreta...
Congress is back to work in Washington this week following the August break, and the national political conventions.South Dak...
The State of South Dakota is looking for people to fill open jobs. The state has hired a recruitment company for some critica...
Senate Ag Committee member Chuck Grassley says an extension of the farm bill is more likely than Congress passing a new 5 yea...
Canada’s Ag Minister recently announced their stepped up efforts to go after FTAs with trading partners in the Far East...
The Democratic National Convention begins in Charlotte North Carolina. Delegates from all fifty states will gather to officia...
The South Dakota Unemployment Advisory Council is recommending no changes in the formula used to collect from state businesse...
The Democratic National Convention begins Tuesday in Charlotte North Carolina. The only real business on the agenda is the re...
Former U.S. Ag Secretary and Trade Representative Dr. Clayton Yeutter spoke at the farm progress show this week in Iowa.Yeutt...
The Republican National Convention closed Thursday night in Tampa with Mitt Romney accepting the nomination, and setting the ...
The South Dakota Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council will ask the legislature to impose more severe penalties on those th...
The 25 by 25 Alliance is unhappy with the administration’s final rule for 2017 and later model year light duty vehicle ...
Tax relief is at the top of the list for delegates attending the National Republican Party convention in Tampa, Florida .Exte...
South Dakota Senator John Thune got a few minutes to address the Republican National Convention last night.He talked about th...
Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Deb Fischer has received a lot of attention in Tampa, even getting the opportunity to ad...
A group of 46 farm and related groups have come together to form the Farm Bill Now Coalition. The NCGA is part of that effort...
Republican delegates at the national convention in Tampa cast votes for their presidential nominee with Mitt Romney officiall...
Nebraska Democratic United States Senate candidate Bob Kerrey says the voters deserve another debate...or two...between him a...
Republican party delegates convening in Tampa, Florida will be working out a party platform this week.And U.S. Senator Chuck ...
The Heineman Administration rejects suggestions made by the Nebraska Democratic Party that it didn't follow proper proced...
The U.S. Senate race in Nebraska came to the forefront at the State Fair over the weekend with a debate featuring Candidates,...
The war in Afghanistan hit a deadly milestone last week with the death toll of American soldiers hitting two thousand.South D...
The drought and farm bill have been two of the primary issues facing farmers and ranchers this year and close behind it but n...
Renewable Fuels Association leaders are applauding Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney for his energy plan that cal...
Despite the ag setting the debate between republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem and democratic challenger Matt Varilek at Dako...
The Republican National Convention is scheduled for next week in Tampa Florida. Delegates will gather to officially nominate ...
The first meeting of the Open Government Task Force was held this week in Pierre. The group was formed by Governor Dennis Dau...
Debate over the future of Medicare is entering the Presidential campaign, especially with the entry of Congressman Paul Ryan ...
Congress and the country is facing the prospect of steep cuts in federal spending, and a jump in taxes at the start of the ne...
The Postsecondary Education Interim Committee of the South Dakota Legislature will hold a two day meeting this week at Dakota...
Congress left on its August recess with a lot left undone...including the Farm Bill.Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns, a member o...
Iowa's Secretary of State and Attorney General defended the process being used to remove non-citizens who may've vote...
A group of state lawmakers will meet in Madison this week to discuss higher education in South Dakota. The Post-secondary Edu...
One of the bigger political debates of the approaching campaign season is in the balance after one candidate backs out. US Re...
Governor Dave Heineman says Nebraska continues to work toward creating a Health Insurance Exchange...even as two big deadline...
South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant was the subject of a recent Attorney General investigation. Senator Stan Adelstein...
A Democratic state senator from Emmetsburg, said he is disappointed that Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz adopted rules t...
A coalition that successfully campaigned against three Iowa Supreme Court justices in 2010 has reassembled; to work for the d...
Republican Nebraska Senate candidate Deb Fischer says it's time for the country to abandon No Child Left Behind.Fischer s...
The announcement of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the GOP Vice Presidential candidate is being praised in some farm circ...
South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says they have concerns with the naming of budget cutter Paul Ryan as the Re...
Nebraska farmers and ranchers will have to wait if they expect federal disaster assistance.The Senate approved a Farm Bill wi...
Democrat Bob Kerrey says Congress must make Social Security and Medicare sustainable if the United States is to get control o...
Congress is currently on the August break, and will not return to Washington until after Labor Day. There are many bills and ...
As the end of summer approaches, the election clock starts to count down. South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant says the...
The A-C-L-U of Iowa and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of Iowa have filed a request for an injunction to tr...
A state lawmaker wants to take another look at a decision by the state Department of Public Safety that led to the closing of...
Congress left for its August break without deciding whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and stop automatic budget cuts fr...
States and local retailers are pursuing changes in tax policy that would extend sales taxes to online purchases. A hearing be...
One of the biggest take home messages from last week’s trip to China for U.S. soybean farmers was that the Chinese gove...
South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant has been selected to serve on the elections committee of the National Association ...
Another of the unresolved issues that Congress left behind when they left Washington is the Bush era tax cuts. They are set t...
Iowans will be able to start casting ballots for the 2012 election on September 27th. That's 40 days before Election Day....
The Nebraska Supreme Court has declared the state's embattled campaign finance law unconstitutional. Common Cause Nebrask...
Iowa's Republican governor blames "a bunch of east coast people" on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romn...
The U.S. House passed a one year measure for drought aid for livestock producers. The Senate however failed to act before bot...
Thursday the House failed to pass a new farm bill before adjourning for the August recess. Earlier the Senate passed their 20...
Most democratic legislators and many candidates spent two days in the Black Hills last weekend. It was an effort to organize ...
An economic report for the Mid America region released this week showed a sharp drop in future economic prospects.One reason ...
A former legislator who last served in the early 1990’s has decided to take another run at the state Senate.Mike O&rsqu...
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party has issued a "call to action," urging Iowa voters to toss an Iowa Supreme...
While there is still the danger of a “fiscal cliff” at the start of the new year, there are talks going on in Con...
Governor Dennis Daugaard and Attorney General Marty Jackley have announced the formation of an “Open Government Task Fo...
Kevin Schieffer of Sioux Falls has been appointed to the state Transportation Commission by Governor Dennis Daugaard.Schieffe...
Democratic Congressional Candidate Matt Varilek says Medicare needs to be improved, not turned into an optional, voucher base...
National Farmers Union officials say they want Congress to pass a full farm bill as soon as possible. Organization President ...
President Obama's proposal to extend tax cuts to those earning less than 250-Thousand dollars a year moves to the House o...
NCBA members gathering in Denver for their summer meeting are concerned with what Congress may or may not do about reforming ...
Nebraska Farm Bureau’s political action committee announced today they’re endorsing Republican Deb Fischer for Ne...
Wednesday, the Russian government said it will cut the import duty for pork from 15 percent to zero on August 23. The decisio...
The US Senate Wednesday narrowly approved a bill sponsored by democrats that would extend the Bush era tax cuts to all, excep...
Democratic legislators will hold meetings this week in the Black Hills. House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton says ...
Drought and passage of a new Farm Bill topped the agenda at the Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit this week. State Farm Bureau...
Tuesday, the U.S. House passed Iowa Congressman Tom Latham’s Preserving America’s Family Farm Act. The measure pr...
Depending on the numbers, the State of South Dakota has a budget surplus that ranges from fifty four to one hundred thirty fo...
This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor left the 2012 farm bill off a list of measures the House will consider this summ...
Iowa State University's president says too many students have an "unmanageable debt load." I-S-U president Stev...
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 widening drought and impact on the economy highlight the importance of Congress passing the new farm bill, especially wit...
U.S. Meat Export officials say they have received no official word from Japan about accepting U.S. beef from animals up to 30...
This week the Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved passage of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia. American...
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...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman took his passion for economic growth to the National Governors Association as chairman in whi...
Today the House Ag Committee is holding an oversight hearing focusing on the continued implementation of Dodd Frank legislati...
Senate Finance Committee members are working on various pieces of trade legislation including Permanent Normal Trade Relation...
Iowa’s top two financial officials say it's time to re-establish upper limits or "caps" on the pension ch...
Nebraska senators disagree on how serious President Obama is about extending the Bush-era tax cuts.Senator Mike Johanns, a Re...
The Farm Bill passed by the House Ag Committee this week may have unintended consequences which could lead to the elimination...
Democrat Senators led by South Dakota’s Tim Johnson and Montana’s Max Baucus have introduced stand-alone legislat...
House Ag Ranking Member Collin Peterson is optimistic about getting a farm bill passed before the August recess. He says whil...
Five Democrats joined House Republicans in voting 244-to-185 to overturn the Health Care Reform law...a symbolic vote, becaus...
The farm bill is up for final debate and a possible vote today in the US House.South Dakota democratic Congressional candidat...
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. ...
A provision supporting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline was removed from the final version of the transportation bill...
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...
American Soybean Association members are pleased the House is moving ahead with their 2012 farm bill proposal and will be mar...
Nebraska Cattlemen Association members are pleased with the passage of the two year, $108 billion Transportation Bill. Ca...
Friday's ruling by the WTO Tribunal says the U.S. COOL Law as its presently implemented treats imported product less favo...
Last week the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved and sent on to the full House the Superfund Common Sense Act. The ...
Now that the US Supreme Court has decided that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, the debate is picking up once again...
The Yankton City Commission will be taking a look at housing needs and availability in the city.Commissioner Charlie Gross as...
The Iowa Department of Public Safety has ordered an end to electrical inspections on Iowa farms. But the president of the Iow...
House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas and Representative Eric Cantor say they’ll introduce legislation to repeal the Aff...
The Government Operations and Audit Committee of the South Dakota legislature met in Pierre this week to talk about better pe...
The original legal challenge to the federal Affordable Care Act was brought by Attorneys General from twenty six states.South...
The chair of the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee says he is disappointed that Governor Mark Dayton decided to make ...
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...
The House Senate Conference Committee has come to agreement on a $ 108 billion two year transportation bill. Soy Transpor...
The House Senate Conference committee is trying to iron out a transportation bill before the June 30 expiration date.NCBA&rsq...
The expanding drought is a concern for many of the state agriculture secretaries in the corn belt. That dominated the discuss...
The Transportation Bill is set to expire at the end of the week, but passage is uncertain. Major disputes between House and S...
South Dakota Farm Bureau officials are opposing a proposed addition to Senator John Thune’s legislation that would gran...
The Iowa state republican convention a week ago elected a slate of delegates to the national convention officially uncommitte...
South Dakota Senator John Thune says the farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate provides a fiscally responsible, but stron...
South Dakota Farmers Union is happy the Senate was able to pass a farm bill Thursday and like many of the components. Preside...
Now that Mitt Romney has wrapped up the official delegate numbers to win the republican Presidential nomination, attention is...
The South Dakota Republican Party is holding its annual convention this weekend in Sioux Falls. It comes after several conten...
The Senate passed a new farm bill on Thursday by a vote of 64-35. Mary Kay Thatcher with the American Farm Bureau Federation ...
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says his views on how to treat the children of illegal immigrants have evolved since h...
Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Deb Fischer leads Democratic Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey 58 to 33 percent in a poll comm...
Russian officials are working to get their country approved for membership in the WTO.And for trade between Russia and the U....
National Farmers Union is supporting the Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012. The bill reauthorizes critical farm bill energy...
Signs continue to point to a slow improvement in South Dakota’s economy. The latest trend is the number of open jobs be...
Signs continue to point to a slow improvement in South Dakota’s economy. The latest trend is the number of open jobs be...
Local banks are again watching nervously from the sidelines as big banks are under the microscope in Washington.JP Morgan Cha...
South Dakota democrats filled out the fall ballot at their convention over the weekend in Aberdeen. Matt McGovern had previou...
Students completing a summer courses in manufacturing and certified nursing assistance were recognized Friday at a ceremony a...
While the over all number of arrests and convictions for driving while intoxicated may be dropping a bit, arrests for multipl...
More than 240 amendments have been introduced to the farm bill in the Senate, which could severely bog down passage before th...
U.S. Trade officials are referring to a WTO trade policy review document released this week in criticizing China for its poli...
The South Dakota Democratic Party will hold their annual convention through Saturday in Aberdeen.Party Chairman, Ben Nesselhu...
Eleven presidents of state labor groups in the Midwest, affiliated with the AFL-CIO are meeting in Chicago to talk about the ...
Yesterday North Dakota voters struck down a measure that would have eliminated the state’s property tax. An overwhelmin...
A recent study by Food and Water Watch suggests ag research at land-grant universities is starting to become more privately f...
Congress will have to deal with some deadlines before they take their July fourth holiday break, among them, the multi billio...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature has picked the membership for a new, long term planning committee.Eight m...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad unveiled a new worker training program called the Skilled Iowa Initiative.About a dozen business...
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a measure to clarify the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdic...
While the Presidential election will get most of the attention this fall, there are enough Senate seats open to put control i...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem held another telephone town hall meeting, and most of the questions dealt with Medicar...
The bugs are still being worked out of a new campaign finance reporting system in South Dakota.Secretary of State Jason Gant ...
Nebraska’s Ben Nelson in calling for support of the 2012 Farm Bill says it represents a different path in farm policy i...
Congressional Quarterly says this could be a make or break week for the Transportation Legislation. The current measure expir...
The republican leadership in the US House is saying that the 2012 Congressional session is basically over, and that after win...
Despite moving into the warm weather months, sign up is well under way for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program for next ...
Matt Varilek won the South Dakota democratic Congressional primary race Tuesday, defeating Jeff Barth, and moving on to a Nov...
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’d like to introduce his legislation banning packer ownership of livestock this week...
Matt Varilek won the democratic Congressional nomination in primary election voting yesterday. He defeated Jeff Barth 21,655 ...
R CALF officials are pleased with the appointment of Larry Mitchell as head of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Sto...
The 2012 Iowa legislative session was termed a success for the state department of agriculture. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northe...
South Dakota democrats will choose their Congressional candidate in the primary election Tuesday.Jeff Barth and Matt Varilek,...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman expects Republican Mitt Romney to easily win the state in November, but because Nebraska is o...
National Association of Conservation District leaders are pleased with introduction in the House of the Sod Saver measure by ...
Action on the farm bill is coming closer and closer with a potential June 5 vote looming. Southern producers concerns over th...
Jeff Barth, one of Representative Kristi Noem’s potential opponents in the November election, accused the incumbent Rep...
On Wednesday FAPRI issued a report showing the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program in the Senate Farm Bill treats program crops...
California Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced the Egg Products Inspection Act of 2012, a companion measure to the House ...
Novozymes opened a new biofuel plant Wednesday in Blair, Nebraska thanks largely to tax credits for clean energy manufacturin...
Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendment of 2012. It’s a companion measure to ...
The South Dakota State Medical Association will hold their annual meeting this week in Sioux Falls.Medical Association Presid...
NCBA officials are pleased the Senate appears ready to move action on the 2012 farm bill early next month. Cattlemen’s ...
President Obama is expected to ask Congress to pass extension of the wind production tax credit while visiting a wind turbine...
Wednesday, Three Nebraska landowners filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s current pipeline siting law. They’re...
The federal budget is heading toward automatic cuts beginning January first, under the budget control act passed last year. T...
The winner of Nebraska’s republican Senate primary is now turning her attention to fundraising for the fall campaign.De...
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party's platform committee says the group is intentionally questioning President Obam...
About half of the members of the Iowa Senate are up for re-election this year. Among them is republican Senator Randy Feenstr...
Nebraskans heard and saw a lot of ads during the Republican primary. Expect more...much more...during the general election. S...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says raising the state's gas tax or "user fee" for the state's transportation ...
Nebraska Republican Senate Candidate Deb Fischer says the Senate Ag Committee’s version of the 2012 farm bill is good f...
Circuit Judge Mark Barnett has ruled that Charlie Johnson of rural Madison should be allowed to run for the state senate in D...
Nebraska republican Senate candidate Deb Fischer is quickly turning her attention to the general election campaign against de...
President Obama and G-8 leaders meeting in the United States have unveiled a new alliance for food security and nutrition goa...
The Iowa legislature wrapped up the 2012 session last week with agreement on the budget about the only major issue that got b...
Former South Dakota Senator Jim Abdnor died yesterday in Sioux Falls, he was 89. Abdnor is probably best remembered for defea...
A member of the Iowa Republican Party's state central committee suggests party officials need to ensure the results of th...
Leadership in the Senate Ag Committee is stepping up their efforts to get the farm bill passed through the full senate. Chair...
The Obama administration is being pushed by Republicans to move forward with trade agreements whether it be recent ones with ...
The South Dakota Legislature has announced the members of an Interim Legislative Watershed Task force. The 14 member board ma...
Members of Congress will have to make some major decisions on budget cuts and taxes before the end of the year. That’s ...
As South Dakota democrats close in on a June Congressional primary, totals from the Secretary of State’s office show vo...
The Yankton City Commission will reorganize tonight, after swearing in the three commissioners that were re-elected in April....
The House Senate Conference Committee began work this week on the Transportation legislation. The current measure expires Jun...
House Speaker John Boehner says he’s disappointed President Obama has not begun the process of lobbying Congress to pro...
Delta Dental of South Dakota has been awarded a federal grant to help improve oral health care for Native American mothers, t...
Republican Senators blocked debate on a proposal that would have kept student loan rates from doubling in July. South Dakota ...
President Obama created a stir yesterday when he said he supports the right of gay people to get married.South Dakota Democra...
Congress is working on another deadline deal, this time to avoid a doubling of interest rates on student loans. Those rates w...
Republicans and a few Democrats in the Iowa House have passed a bill that would reduce commercial and industrial tax rates by...
The Minnesota State Senate has passed a bill for a new stadium for the Vikings. According to the "Star Tribune," pl...
If Congress cannot find some agreements on spending soon, than an automatic process called “sequestration” will s...
Iowa Republican Governor Terry Branstad is expressing optimism about prospects for an agreement on property tax reform, but t...
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a public subsidy package for a new stadium for the VikingsMonday night. The mea...
Minnesota Cattlemen Association leaders are pleased that two of their priority measures passed the State Legislature this ses...
South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen announced Sunday evening as a Republican candidate for the PUC. Fie...
The Minnesota House is set to vote on a bill that could lead to a funding package for a new Vikings stadium. Representative C...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns doesn't expect much to get done in Washington for the next few months as the election seaso...
The Minnesota House is scheduled to debate and vote on the Vikings stadium proposal today. Met Sports Facilities Commission C...
Wild Earth Guardians is suing USDA’s APHIS to stop the agency from continuing its predator control program.Wild Earth&r...
South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels is slowly moving into part time duties. He announced the transition from full t...
The Senate Ag Committee farm bill eliminated the Livestock Title. However, animal health provisions, as well as COOL and the ...
All fifty states are waiting for some concrete action on a new federal transportation bill. That funding formula has seen a n...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has no plans to drop his legal fight against the Obama Administration's contracepti...
American Sheep Industry Association leaders are pleased with passage last week of the Senate Ag Appropriations legislation fo...
NCBA is happy with the Senate Ag Committee passage of the 2012 Farm Bill. Cattlemen’s President J.D. Alexander says ove...
Congress continues to struggle with any long term transportation funding. The issue focuses on how much to spend, for how lon...
The Government Operations and Audit Committee will meet today in Pierre. It’s an ongoing committee, and not one assigne...
The farm bill that passed out of the Senate Ag Committee last week will have a tougher time getting through the full Senate. ...
Legislation has been introduced in the House to stop attempts by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers from expanding federal p...
A couple of meetings of Governors in the Missouri River basin were held last summer as record flooding was occurring along th...
Top Republicans continue delaying a House and Senate vote on a Vikings stadium, trying to pressure Governor Mark Dayton into ...
Thursday the Senate Ag Committee approved a 2012 Farm Bill and sent it on to the full Senate.The measure cuts government spen...
The Keystone Pipeline project is becoming an obstacle to passage of transportation legislation.Democrats and Republicans are ...
It is looking more likely that Congress will have to make some major budget cutting decisions in a lame duck session after th...
The US House is scheduled to vote on a bill today that would put off a big jump in the interest charged on student loans. Tha...
One of the keystone legislative bills for Governor Dennis Daugaard this year was his “WINS” or workforce initiati...
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...
Democratic congressional candidate Matt Varilek has been added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s &ld...
Key state lawmakers from both political parties and staff in the governor's office are meeting in private to hammer out d...
The Iowa House has approved a bill that calls for massive changes in the way poor Iowans receive mental health services. Coun...
The South Dakota Democratic party is going to court over the rejection of two legislative nominating petitions. Candidates in...
The Iowa legislature has voted to create a new state agency to investigate complaints about city and county governments that ...
Congressional Democrats want movement on legislation to get tough on China’s currency policy which has led to a great u...
Congressional Democrats want movement on legislation to get tough on China’s currency policy which has led to a great u...
The failure of the Congressional “supercommittee” late last year to find consensus on budget cuts will lead to an...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature has decided on two study topics for interim committees. The board, meetin...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The bill for a new Vikings stadium was approved by the Senate Rules Committee yesterday. According to the &...
The South Dakota Democratic Party is cooperating with local groups at several gatherings this weekend. Events will be held in...
The unemployment rate for South Dakota in March held steady at four point three percent, about half the national rate.State D...
In what is seen as largely a symbolic vote the US Senate this week rejected the so called “Buffett rule” that wou...
The US House passed a forty six billion dollar business tax cut, mostly on a party line vote. South Dakota Congresswoman Kris...
The Iowa legislature has voted to grant volunteer emergency medical technicians and volunteer fire fighters a small state inc...
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are advising the President to stop issuing any new regu...
Nebraska lawmakers return to Lincoln Wednesday to vote on four bills that were vetoed by Governor Dave Heineman. LB599 is pro...
As Mitt Romney moves closer to wrapping up the republican presidential nomination, the speculation on a vice president increa...
Today is the deadline day to file your federal income taxes. We get an extra day this year due to a Monday holiday in Washing...
Today is the deadline day to file your federal income taxes. We get an extra day this year due to a Monday holiday in Washing...
After announcing last month it would expand its tariff free market for pork imports, South Korea reportedly is now backing aw...
The U.S. trade deficit fell in February to its lowest point in four months as American exports rose to an all time high while...
The Nebraska Vet Medical Association along with the State Department of Agriculture came out in opposition to legislation int...
Federal lawmakers return to Washington this week, following their Easter Congressional break. South Dakota Senator John Thune...
tThe American Coalition for Ethanol is going on the offensive in defending the Renewable Fuel Standard against attacks by ant...
Nebraska lawmakers have brushed aside a veto threat...and approved a bill that would extend prenatal coverage to the poor, in...
North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad doesn’t expect his budget resolution to go to the Senate floor before the November ele...
The Iowa Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that seeks to expand state tax credits for small-scale wind turbines. Sena...
The Iowa House has voted to bar schools from starting before the 4th Monday in August. Representative Peter Cownie, a Republi...
Nebraska legislators have advanced to final reading a measure to direct reimbursement funds from the Republican River natural...
It looks like lawmakers in the 2013 South Dakota legislature will again have to deal with bills calling for tighter regulatio...
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...
A democratic state senate candidate from Madison is upset that his nominating petitions were rejected by the Secretary of Sta...
The NAFTA Free Trade Commission met last week in Washington D.C. and reached agreement on adjustments to their rules of origi...
In the wake of last year’s record flooding along the Missouri River, many Members of Congress from the region were dema...
The Office of Inspector General released a report this week that showed not enough oversight is being done by USDA’s Ag...
If action taken by the Nebraska legislature stands a court test, 50 subcontractors in the child welfare system will be paid a...
The Organization for Competitive Markets is supporting efforts in the Senate and House to ban packer ownership of livestock. ...
South Dakota voters will decide the fate of a business incentive plan at the polls in November. A bill passed by the 2011 leg...
Iowa Congressman Steve King is pushing for Congressional hearings on lean finely textured beef.This comes after Governor Terr...
Voters in Nebraska might soon decide whether term limits for state senators are expanded. The legislature has advanced a bill...
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...
South Dakota voters in November will decide the fate of an economic incentive bill passed by the 2011 legislature. That bill ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is leading a delegation of government and business officials on a trade trip to China. ...
A legislative hearing about shutting down the University of Northern Iowa's laboratory school for student teachers evolve...
Mitch Fargen, of Flandreau, who has been assistant minority leader in the South Dakota House, announced at the end of the leg...
Yankton attorney Mike Stevens has filed petitions to run for a House seat from District 18.He says the timing is pretty good ...
Two key Iowa legislators say they're closer to agreement on a bill to set new restrictions on cities and counties that gr...
A measure is being introduced in the House to combine the U.S. Department of Energy with EPA. The measure is projected to sav...
Yankton City Commissioner Charlie Gross has decided to make a run for one of the state house seats in District 18. He says he...
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...
Congress is still contending with the details of an extension to the transportation bill, which funds most road, bridge, airp...
The Yankton School Board held a special meeting to set some direction in their budget. That came about because of the failure...
The National Farmers Union is supporting the Johnson- Grassley Farm Payment Limitation bill known as the Rural Preservation A...
The Minnesota House and Senate have approved their omnibus ag policy bills and have sent them to their respective chamber flo...
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryun, a Wisconsin Republican has released a budget proposal that would cut $ 5.3 trillion more...
With the continuing battle for the republican presidential nomination slogging on, it appears that the South Dakota primary i...
Legislators could not muster the votes to override any of Governor Dennis Daugaard’s vetoes on the last day of the 2012...
Seventeen Iowa Republicans have agreed to serve on a task force that will consider improvements in the way the Iowa GOP condu...
Nebraska democratic candidate for United States Senate, Bob Kerrey, has written a strongly-worded letter than thanks Secretar...
Coalition for a Prosperous America members visited over 70 congressional offices last week in the nation’s capital duri...
South Dakota attorney Matt McGovern has announced he will be a candidate for the Public Utilities Commission.McGovern, a demo...
The match-ups for Iowa's June primary voting have been set, but a general election show-down in a congressional race heat...
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...
A bi-partisan jobs bill is hung up in Congress over financing of an import-export bank. The bank, which help sell American go...
The U.S. Senate approved a two year, $ 109 billion surface transportation bill Wednesday.Soy Transportation Coalition Exe...
The Senate has passed an extension of the surface transportation bill, which will provide one hundred nine billion dollars fo...
South Dakota lawmakers return to Pierre on Monday for the final day of the 2012 legislative session. House Minority Leader Be...
By the slimmest of margins an Iowa senate committee has approved a bill that would allow MidAmerican to seek regulators' ...
Iowa could be among the first states in the country to legalize on-line poker. Officials in the state of Nevada and the Distr...
Questions have emerged in the Nebraska legislature about whether the state can afford tax cuts as the governor wants. Senator...
The South Dakota legislature increased funding to state schools this year, but that comes after a ten percent cut last year. ...
It appears the effort to ban traffic enforcement cameras in Iowa has stalled at the statehouse. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen i...
Iowa Congressman Tom Latham has introduced legislation to block what he calls the Government’s attack on family youth l...
The Senate is considering a couple of amendments to the cellulosic biofuels producers tax credit.One of the amendments offere...
A week ago, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad issued a very public plea, asking his fellow Republican legislators to provide more ...
Republican Nebraska Senate candidate Deb Fischer outlined her energy plan, calling for reduced federal regulations, increased...
South Dakota legislators have now wrapped up their regular 2012 session except for one final day when they'll consider ve...
The South Dakota Open Meetings Commission last week voted to publicly reprimand the Sioux Falls City Council for violating st...
The US House and Senate are still looking for compromise on a transportation funding bill that expires at the end of the mont...
Democrat Chuck Hassebrook pulled his hat out of the Nebraska Senate race. At a news conference in Omaha Thursday morning, Has...
Minnesota State Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Doug Magnus of Slayton has decided not to seek re-election when his ter...
Center for Rural Affairs Executive Director Chuck Hassebrook has dropped out as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in...
Congress has again failed to reach a consensus on a new transportation bill. Both houses have had proposals, but there have b...
High gas prices are now rated as one of the top issues heading into the November elections. South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi...
Nebraska Republicans are challenging the residency of Democrat Bob Kerrey. State Republican Party Chairman Mark Fahleson says...
Both houses of Congress this week approved legislation overturning a U.S. Court of Appeals decision that kept the U.S. from i...
Democrats in the Iowa House tried to block legislation they say will weaken the state's ability to investigate child labo...
A proposed 326-Million dollar tax cut package will be reduced before being introduced to the Nebraska legislature. Governor D...
The Taiwanese government has announced plans to set an allowable level for U.S. beef that contains ractopamine, but did not s...
When legislators pass spending bills they often have no idea how that money is ultimately spent. Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yank...
As legislators wrapped up the main run of the 2012 session, there were many questions about the process. At the last District...
Farm Bureau leaders are studying proposed legislation to revamp the Clean Water Act.The Bill is being offered by Kentucky Sen...
The end of the legislative session is decision time for all South Dakota lawmakers. Each one has to decide whether they want ...
The last legislative coffee Saturday morning for District 18 representatives is also the final one for Nick Moser. The two te...
Our elected representatives are hearing about rising gas prices, and the finger pointing is underway. South Dakota Senator Jo...
Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has reconsidered and has become a candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate. Kerre...
The American Soybean Association is calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to follow through with increasing the RF...
The U.S. House has passed the Private Property Rights Protection Act which would prevent states from using eminent domain ove...
Nebraska lawmakers begin tackling the child welfare issue...advancing four bills during a full day of debate...returning to t...
The Iowalegislature has voted to establish new penalties for people caught getting a job at a livestock confinementorafarmin ...
Nebraska Democratic Senate candidate Chuck Hassebrook plans to move forward with his campaign after Monday's news that fo...
President Obama is expected to sign an executive order creating a new government team to make sure China and others play by t...
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...
Lawmakers have begun debate on a bill that would require Nebraska voters to display photo identification to cast a ballot. Se...
The battle lines for this fall's election in Iowa are already being drawn by legislators of both parties. Republicans hav...
Nebraska voters could soon decide whether the right to hunt, fish and trap should be part of the state constitution. The cons...
Although they have no proposed pieces of legislation yet, Minnesota Cattlemen leaders are continuing to work on their state l...
Iowa Senate Democrats have endorsed legislation that would set aside 20-million dollars in state tax money over the next thre...
Nebraska State senators could serve three consecutive terms, rather than the current two, under a resolution moving forward i...
Iowa State representatives approved property tax relief legislation this week for commercial property owners, homeowners and ...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
A bill that would let Iowa casinos run on-line poker games easily cleared the Senate State Government Committee late Wednesda...
Nebraska State Senator Charlie Janssen of Fremont rejects assertions by critics that his bill to require voters to identify t...
A recent study by the Pew Foundation found that nationwide, almost twenty four percent of those eligible to vote are not regi...
Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa legislature have shelved some key components of Governor Terry Branstad's education...
A coalition of organizations renewed its opposition to a voter identification bill that could come up for debate in the Nebra...
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus is expected to meet with Russia’s President and trade officials regarding the countr...
Iowa lawmakers appear to be in agreement that property tax relief should be a priority, but the details are elusive. Senator ...
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...
State lawmakers return to Pierre this week with seven days remaining in the main run of this year’s session.The revenue...
Fundamental disagreements over taxing and spending policies continue to divide the two political parties in the Iowa legislat...
The South Dakota Legislature has approved House Bill 1116 which exempts soybean stubble, wheat straw and corn stalks used in ...
The focus on education and funding switches to the South Dakota Senate this week as the Governor’s proposal for teacher...
The teacher incentive plan proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard was amended before it was passed by the House last week, and ...
A bill to raise the minimum wage to 10-bucks-an-hour in Iowa cleared an initial hurdle in the Democratically-controlled Senat...
While Governor Dennis Daugaard is in California on a dairy recruitment trip, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels sat in on the w...
The South Dakota legislature is on a four day break this weekend, with seven legislative days left over the final two weeks o...
Three Republicans and eight Democrats on the Senate Transportation Committee have voted to raise the state gas tax in Iowa by...
For the third time in the past 10 months, the Iowa Senate has endorsed the idea of increasing a tax credit for Iowa families ...
Senate Republicans have introduced an amendment to the federal transportation bill that would speed the construction and oper...
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is supporting an amendment to strike down a portion of the Equal Access to Ju...
The teacher bonus plan, or HB1234 was passed by the South Dakota House this week and now moves to the Senate. It would give b...
It looks like Nebraska democrats have their US Senate candidate. Chuck Hassebrook, longtime executive director of the Center ...
A bi-partisan group of 32 Senators led by Iowa’s Chuck Grassley have sent a letter to government officials requesting t...
The Obama administration Monday unveiled much of the same budget proposals for USDA as last year, looking for $ 32 billio...
Nebraska State Board of Education president Jim Scheer of Norfolk says he will leave the board and run for the legislature. S...
The top Democrat in the Iowa legislature says he's "trying to show a willingness to negotiate" on a property ta...
Late last week the Iowa Senate Ag Committee approved Senator Jack Kibbie’s legislation to allow hog producers to exempt...
The Governors education bill (HB1234) was amended, and passed by the House Education Committee last week. It now calls for be...
On Thursday the South Dakota House Transportation Committee approved eminent domain legislation and sent it to the full House...
The US House passed a version of the STOCK act, which would prohibit federal officials from profiting from inside business in...
Eminent domain Legislation containing strong protections for landowners is scheduled to come up in the South Dakota House Tra...
The American Farm Bureau is fighting legislation sponsored by Oregon Representative Kurt Schrader calling for federal product...
Congress will again plunge into the pay roll tax cut debate. A compromise was reached in late December on a two month extensi...
Democrats in the Iowa Senate have voted to dramatically increase the level of general state aid for K-through-12 education in...
Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has decided against a return to politics. He had been considering a run for the seat being...
The House Energy and Environment Subcommittee has marked up legislation requiring additional testing of E-15 blends before co...
A group of republican legislators is proposing changes to the teacher bonus plan from Governor Dennis Daugaard. One change wo...
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...
The failure of the “Supercommittee” last fall to come up with a budget cutting plan means military spending could...
It looks like the US House of Representatives will again attempt to force a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. The pay rol...
It appears that South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem may have a challenger in a republican primary. Stephanie Strong of Rap...
Nebraska republican Third District Congressman Adrian Smith has announced his intent to run for re-election this fall. Smith ...
A bill increasing the penalties against those who assault doctors and nurses has advanced in the Nebraska Unicameral. Omaha S...
The South Dakota Senate has given final approval to a House measure that allows adjustments in the ag land valuation law. The...
A key senator has publicly issued a new challenge as Iowa legislators struggle to resolve their dispute over how to cut comme...
Matt Strawn, chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, announced Tuesday he'll leave that post on February 10. Republican Go...
A state senator challenged supporters of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to unmask their true agenda. Senator ...
Iowa Legislators -- both Democrats and Republicans -- are raising questions about the 50-million dollars in "savings&quo...
Nebraska lawmakers will hear a measure calling for creation of an advisory panel to improve ag literacy in classrooms. The St...
More than one hundred fifty AARP members from all over the state will be in Pierre today to lobby legislators on key issues. ...
Iowa legislators are taking another stab at getting a measure passed that would prevent trespassing on ag operations and requ...
When the Congressional “Supercommittee” failed to reach agreements on federal budget cuts last fall, a backup pla...
Democrats in the legislature have released their comprehensive plan for education. It’s in response to the teacher bonu...
Congress went back into session this week and now one dairy group is hoping they’ll be able to write a new farm bill ye...
The chair of the Economic Growth Committee in the Iowa Senate is trying to rally support for two worker training programs as ...
Most legislators are taking a cautious approach to the teacher bonus plan. Governor Dennis Daugaard has introduced a bill tha...
The Corps of Engineers came under heavy criticism during and after last year’s Missouri River flooding, with calls for ...
While President Obama laid out a list of issues in his State of the Union speech, many probably will not see any action this ...
President Obama addressed mostly domestic, economic issues in the State of the Union speech last night.South Dakota Congressw...
Democrats in the Iowa House say Republicans aren't setting aside enough money to help principals and superintendents refo...
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...
Democrat Matt Varilek is making his Congressional run official with a series of announcements around the state. He started Fr...
Education committee members in the Iowa House got to work on Governor Terry Branstad’s comprehensive ten-year education...
The Iowa Senate has voted unanimously to provide an emergency appropriation of one-point-three million dollars ($1.3 mill...
An assistant Secretary of State says Congress didn't give the State Department enough time to fully evaluate the Keystone XL ...
The South Dakota legislature returns to work in Pierre today, following a five day break. Legislators did not meet because of...
Iowa lawmakers examining funding for health services for Iowa’s aging prison inmates say it’s a growing concern t...
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 ...
A voter identification bill has been pulled from the Nebraska legislative agenda by its sponsor. Senator Charlie Janssen of F...
A state senator is being criticized for helping candidates mount a challenge to incumbent Senators. Senator Tyson Larson of O...
The US House of Representatives returns to Washington tomorrow, attempting to pick up the pieces left over from the late Dece...
Iowa House Republicans are offering a revised approach to property tax reform, cutting commercial property taxes for smaller ...
Iowa House Republicans are offering a revised approach to property tax reform, cutting commercial property taxes for smaller ...
South Dakota’s senior Senator is not optimistic about the chances of Congress coming together on meaningful legislation...
A coalition of more than 20 organizations rallied at the State Capitol in Lincoln against a bill that would require voters to...
While it appeared that construction on the Lewis & Clark Regional Water Project would stop this year due to a lack of federal...
Iowa lawmakers are fast-tracking extra money to cover tuition costs for Iowa National Guard soldiers who've been awarded coll...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a new workforce initiative plan that he hopes would attract one thousand n...
Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey is returning to the state soon to talk about possibly running for the Senate seat now occu...
Following months of town hall meetings and an education summit last July, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governo...
Lawmakers are making the trip to Pierre to begin the 2012 session of the legislature. Representative Nick Moser of Yankton sa...
South Dakota Senator John Thune spent quite a bit of time in Iowa helping Mitt Romney to his narrow first place finish. Thune...
Iowa lawmakers are back in Des Moines, ready to kick off the 2012 legislative session. Leaders in both parties say they expec...
Senate republicans are disturbed that President Obama has made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the director of the...
Senate republicans are disturbed that President Obama has made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the director of the...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman did a bit of a side-step when asked if he made a decision regarding running for the U-S Senat...
The New Year moves us into an active election cycle. While republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem has not officially announced,...
All the proper paperwork has been filed and Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy is officially a candidate for governor. Sheehy,...
Congress will return to Washington later this month to listen to the President’s State of the Union address, and try to...
The Iowa caucus will be the center of attention tonight as republicans gather to begin the process of finding a 2012 Presiden...
Legislative democrats have been putting together their priorities for the 2012 session, which starts next week. House minorit...
Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is not running for a third term in Congress. Nelson said holding public office is about "pro...
The US House has signed off on the tax cut extension bill, and headed out for the Christmas break. The House and Senate were ...
Much of the argument surrounding the whole pay roll tax cut debate was giving businesses a solid plan they could follow. Dave...
House republicans voted to extend the pay roll tax cut for all of next year, rather than the two month extension passed by th...
The rules review committee of the South Dakota legislature is meeting in Pierre today, in one of the last interim hearings be...
The Yankton School Board has been working through various budget issues, including the possibility of another property tax op...
The extension of the pay roll tax cut is among a number of issues waiting action by Congress before they leave town, possibly...
A recent poll released by Politico dot com showed seventy five percent of voters were in favor of throwing out all incumbent ...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says the 36 Iowa Workforce Development offices closed in a budget cutting move will not be reope...
From all accounts over the weekend, it appears the Congressional Supercommittee will not be able to reach spending cut agreem...
The US House defeated a balanced budget amendment on Friday when a number of republicans voted against it.South Dakota Congre...
Nebraska lawmakers will debate two pipeline related bills Tuesday when they hope to wrap up the special session dealing with ...
President Barrack Obama held another news conference to push for passage of the "American Jobs Act," which he says ...
The Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature says a majority of senators lean toward gathering in special session to consider oil ...
Three environmental groups have filed suit against the federal government, claiming it has allowed work to proceed on the Key...
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party is asking officials at the national level to enforce new sanctions on Florida Repub...
The 26 states which have filed the lawsuit against the Obama Administration's health care law have asked the Supreme Court to...
