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Labor Department introduces new measures to prevent child labor The U.S. Labor Department has introduced new measures to crack down on child labor in the wake...
Cybersecurity is set to get a decidedly South Dakotan bent in 2025. Three Republican South Dakota politicians are in line to take on more prominent roles...
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision that Summit Carbon Solutions is allowed temporary access to properties for surveying, because it is a pipeline...
Last week we asked readers to weigh in after the Nov. 5 election and offer their thoughts on what should come next. President-elect Donald Trump is...
The Viral Boneless Wing Lawsuit: Michael Berkheimer’s Story Prompt: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/31/ohio-chicken-wing-case-michael-berkheimer-speaks-out-for-first-time/74593611007/ Description: Discover the eight-year legal battle of Michael Berkheimer, whose life was altered irrevocably by a...
The North Dakota Public Service Commission will meet Friday to vote on the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project that aims to permanently store carbon emissions underground...
Providence – Photo by Mohammed Shonar on Unsplash Attached to the presidential ballots in this year’s elections, Rhode Island had posed question 4: would the voter...
The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will meet Wednesday in Madison to begin discussing potential bills to address crane-caused crop damage in Wisconsin. But first...
Among many striking observations I’ve heard from those affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), one from a farmer who had to abandon his contaminated land...