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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Kentucky congressman and lobbyist wife, animal lovers, push for more specific ban on horse soring

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The congressman representing a rural Western Kentucky district "is leading the charge" on legislation to tighten the rules agains...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Farm Bill said to cut food stamps relatively little; payment limits, insurance-conservation link at risk

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Congress has gone home for the holidays, but details about the Farm Bill keep leaking out as negotiators approach agreement on a compromise...

Pa. Supreme Court OKs anti-drilling local zoning

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Local governments in Pennsylvania have the right to zone out drilling operations, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The 4-2 decision...
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Key senator suggests letting USPS cut Sat. mail if volume or revenue dips to a certain level

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Sen. Tom Carper Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chair of the Senate committee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service , says the service doesn...

N.M. attorney general files last-ditch lawsuit to keep horse slaughterhouse from opening

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In a last-ditch effort to stop a horse slaughterhouse from opening in New Mexico, state attorney general Gary King announced Thursday he...

Chesapeake subsidiary agrees to $3.2 million fine for fracking operations that polluted W.Va. water

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Chesapeake Appalachia , a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. , "will pay a civil penalty of $3.2 million for ...

Tax revenue in more than 2/3 of states has yet to reach level seen just before Great Recession

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Tax revenue in more than two-thirds of the states had not recovered from the Great Recession by the first quarter of this year, with total ...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Studies find USDA has 'serious weakness' in poultry inspection measures, needs recall authority

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's meat inspection process is seriously flawed , according to the Pew Charitable Trusts and Consume...

Texas researchers suggest link between drilling and earthquakes; state officials not quick to agree

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While the debate about a possible link between drilling and earthquakes has become heated in states that have seen an increase in seismic a...

Can the U.S. learn from Canada's decision to end all door-to-door mail delivery?

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While the U.S. Postal Service seeks ways to save money, including its continued push to eliminate Saturday delivery of first class mail,...

FBI in New Mexico focusing on corruption in rural and remote areas, where it often goes unreported

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is cracking down on corruption in rural New Mexico towns, with a no-acceptance policy aimed at rooting...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Reform should make Medicare, Medicaid more interested in prevention, rural health expert says

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Dr. Wayne Myers While some rural areas may not have enough doctors (or those who accept Medicaid patients) to treat new patients genera...

Federal court lifts emergency stay on two horse slaughter plants, so they could open soon

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The on-again, off-again battle to open horse slaughter plants in New Mexico and Missouri appears to have taken a swing in favor of the plan...

Deadly Ariz. fire prompts claims against three governments, one state agency fining another

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Prescott Fire Dept. spokesman Wade Ward, left, talks with David Turbyfill, whose son died. (Times-News photo by Ashley Smith) Phoenix ...

Rural delivery rooms increasingly induce labor for no medical reason

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Births in which labor was induced for no medical reason increased much more at rural hospitals from 2002 to 2010 than at urban hospitals, a...

Amid protests from gun advocates, BLM reverses ban on recreational shooting in national monument

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In another example of the power gun advocates have over government officials, Emily Guerin reports for High Country News about the faile...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Rural school districts dominate second round of federal 'Race to the Top' grants

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Three rural school districts or groups, and an Arkansas district that retains much of its recently rural character, were among the five win...

In year after Newtown massacre, 2/3 of new gun laws eased restrictions or expanded owners' rights

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The school massacre in Newtown, Conn., one year ago last weekend, opened up debate about the need for stronger gun-control laws. But in t...

Writer wonders why we need a Farm Bill

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House and Senate conferees say they will soon agree on a five-year Farm Bill to replace the one that expired Sept. 30, 2012. But why do we ...

Falling coal prices nix, threaten port projects

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The continuing drop in coal prices is hurting U.S. export business on which the industry had been banking. Three proposed coal terminals in...