Congress takes aim at state animal welfare laws
A pig looks out of its pen at a hog feeding operation near Tribune, Kan. (Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press)Earlier this year, Oregon Democrats pushed through state legislation that allows local...
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Houses in a new development on Oct. 28, 2022, in Harrisburg. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)Soaring home values have increased property taxes for millions of homeowners in recent years, prompting...
View ArticleAgriculture built these High Plains towns. Now, it might run them dry.
Brownie Wilson kneels next to a decommissioned irrigation well outside Moscow, Kan., as part of the Kansas Geological Survey’s efforts to measure the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer. Groundwater has...
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