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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Holding Firm on Title X Language

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is standing firm on his insistence that the budget bill now stuck in limbo contain the controversial Title X language.

Watertown Woman Named South Dakota Dairy Princess

Morgan Kohl of Watertown was crowned the 63rd South Dakota Dairy Princess at the Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux…

Non Meandered Waters And Precision Ag Funding Legislative Wins In 2018

The 2018 South Dakota Legislative session is now complete and South Dakota Corn Grower Association members are pleased with two…

Five Nebraska Ag Groups Oppose LB 947

Nebraska agriculture groups are split over LB 947, Governor Pete Rickett’s legislation calling for income and property tax relief. While…

SD Legislators Working Through Harassment Rules

Some questions were raised near the end of the 2018 South Dakota legislative session if leadership was serious in expanding and enforcing sexual harassment rules.

Yankton County Commission Amends Load Limits

The Yankton County Commission amended their load limit rules at their last meeting, now allowing vehicles up to eighty-six thousand pounds, if they have enough axles.

SD Republican Congressional Candidate Dusty Johnson Files Nominating Petitions

Republican Congressional Candidate Dusty Johnson filed his nominating petitions with the South Dakota Secretary of States office this week, with over thirty-five hundred signatures.

Edmunds County Commissioners Refer Turkey Permit To Planning And Zoning Board

Edmunds County South Dakota commissioners sitting at the Board of Adjustment held an appeals hearing Monday on a proposed 5,000…

ACE Members Meet With Congress During Fly In

American Coalition for Ethanol members met with members of Congress last week at their annual Fly In. ACE CEO Brian…

SD Attorney General Marty Jackley Prepping for SUPCO Tax Case

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is in Washington this week, preparing for arguments before the US Supreme Court next month on the internet sales tax case

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