Month: August 2022
Ag News
MO Governor calls for tax cut, ag tax credit extension
Governor Mike Parson is calling for the largest state income tax cut in Missouri’s history during the state’s likely upcoming special legislative session. The Governor is traveling across the state discussing the tax cut need [Read More…]
Ag News
Interest rates the forgotten input cost
An official with America’s largest non-bank agricultural lender suggests the input not being talked about enough is interest rates. Curt Covington is with AgAmerica. “People forget that interest, in what farmers are paying to their [Read More…]
Ag News
Helping lawmakers better understand the cattle industry
Helping members of Congress better understand the cattle industry is one part of the job for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. CEO Colin Woodall says that means knowing which members of Congress or candidates are [Read More…]
Ag News
BASF Showcase on weed management comes to central Iowa
A leading manufacturer of crop protection products is showcasing its weed management technology during a field day in central Iowa. BASF is hosting a Showcase plot tour near Story City, and technical marketing manager Dan [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower ahead of week’s direct cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower waiting for direct cash business to develop. There was additional pressure on feeder cattle from the day’s higher move in corn. October [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Broncos sale to Walton group unanimously OKed by NFL owners
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The record $4.65 billion sale of the Denver Broncos to Walmart heir Rob Walton and his daughter and son-in-law was unanimously approved Tuesday by NFL owners, the expected final step in the transfer [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Serena Williams says ‘countdown has begun’ to retirement
Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Biden signs CHIPS Act, intended to relieve the pandemic-era computer chip shortage
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a multibillion-dollar bill to boost domestic computer chip manufacturing and more, touting the bipartisan package as “a once-in-a-generation investment in [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Parents file lawsuit against e-bike company after daughter’s death
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The parents of a 12-year-old California girl who died last year after an accident involving an electric bike, or e-bike, say they want to see change. Kaye and Jonathan Steinsapir, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Saturday Night Live’ star Kenan Thompson tapped to host 74th annual Emmy Awards
NBCUniversal Media, LLC As he heads into his 20th season on Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompson has been selected as the host of September’s 74th annual Emmy Awards. The telecast will be carried on NBC [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Recapping Democrats breakthrough summer on Capitol Hill: Climate, gun violence and more
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Sunday narrowly approved a $700 billion-plus tax, climate and health care-pricing bill, capping an unusually jam-packed summer on Capitol Hill and marking another win [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Serena Williams announces she’s “evolving away from tennis” in new ‘Vogue’ essay
Luis Alberto Rodriguez Serena Williams is gearing up to say goodbye to professional tennis after serving up inspiration to the sports world for more than two decades. The 23-time Grand Slam winner penned a new [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sex on TV gets a hard look – and yes, that’s what they said
Laura Prepon, Emily Tarver in “Orange Is the New Black” — Netflix/JoJo Whilden (NOTE LANGUAGE, CONTENT) While sex and sexual discussions on TV are nothing new, the sex-friendly site Roam analyzed some of the most [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ director Taika Waititi reportedly marries Rita Ora in London
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney Taika Waititi, the Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit writer-director whose Thor: Love and Thunder is now playing in theaters, has reportedly wed his recording artist fiancée, Rita Ora. The U.K. tabloid The [Read More…]
Ag News
Higher fuel prices contribute to county fair attendance
Higher fuel prices could be helping county fair attendance this year. Dave Hake, Vice President of the Illinois Association of Ag Fairs, tells Brownfield higher fuel prices have detoured people from traveling this summer, making [Read More…]
Ag News
More rain for the southern Corn Belt; cooler, drier air on the move elsewhere
Across the Corn Belt, showers in the vicinity of a cold front stretch from Ohio to Missouri. The remainder of the Midwest is experiencing dry weather and near- or below-normal temperatures. Tuesday’s high temperatures will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans speak out against FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, a growing number of Republicans have spoken out against the raid. House Minority [Read More…]
ABC National News
How schools are trying to address the national teacher shortage
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Back-to-school season is in full swing — and running up against the ongoing national teacher shortage. In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that by 2024, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Heavy rain batters South Korea, flooding Seoul neighborhoods and killing at least 10
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Heavy rain with thunder and lightning has battered South Korea’s central areas for two straight days, causing damage, injuries and deaths. Ten people [Read More…]
ABC World News
Stolen artifacts sold to US collectors will be repatriated to Cambodia, officials say
Aaron Katersky (NEW YORK) — Cambodian artifacts will return to their home country after being smuggled and sold to U.S. collectors and institutions. The 10th Century Khmer sandstone statue “Skanda on a Peacock” was among [Read More…]