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ICON Hosting Forum on Property Taxes

The Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska are hosting a public forum on property taxes. Omaha Attorney Dave Domina will address the…

NE Farm Bureau Reacts as EPA Puts Forth Affordable Energy Proposal

The Environmental Protection Agency has put forward an Affordable Energy Proposal that would relax carbon emissions standards of power plants.…

SD Stockgrowers React to Brand Board Asking For Additional Funding

South Dakota Brand Board members facing a shortfall for next year say they’ll ask lawmakers to raise caps on some…

SD Senator John Thune; Republicans Waiting & Watching Presidential Investigations

With two advisors close to President Trump now being convicted of financial crimes, calls are mounting for Congressional republicans to do something.

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Senate in DC in August

US Senators decided to spend most of August in session, in Washington, instead of spending most of the month in their states as in the past.

SD Public Utilities Commission Delays Action on Utica Grain License

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission delayed a decision on the possible suspension of the grain buyer license of Utica Grain until their next meeting on September fourth.

El Nino Probabilities Rising

The national Climate Prediction Center is predicting the development of another El Nino, which could impact much of North America later this year into the spring.

Sioux Falls State Senator Reynold Nesiba Supports Needs Based Scholarships

The South Dakota Board of Regents will ask for a four percent hike in their budget for next year, about nine million dollars more than this year

Yankton Sales Taxes Hit Flat Spot in July

Sales taxes were down in July in Yankton

Iowa State Senator Warns of Expanding CAFO’s in South Dakota

An Iowa state Senator was in southeast South Dakota, talking about the spread of Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs and their impacts in Iowa

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