Month: March 2024
Most tribes were completing financial audits prior to Noem call for scrutiny
Amelia Schafer, Rapid City Journal RAPID CITY, S.D. – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued a statement this week calling for the Biden administration to conduct single audits of all federal funds given to the [Read More…]
Corrections has collected $1.25 million in fees for calls, messages since 2021
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The state prison system collected at least $1.25 million in fees from inmates and their families for phone and messaging services in the three years leading up to this month’s sudden [Read More…]
Schumer says Senate trial for Mayorkas will take place next month
Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Thursday that the impeachment articles for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be sent over to the Senate on April 10, [Read More…]
Dakota Wesleyan University Names New Provost
Dakota Wesleyan University announces the hiring of Dr. Derek Driedger for the position of provost. Driedger has served as interim provost since June. Driedger joined the university in 2007 as a faculty member in the [Read More…]
Could avian flu on cattle farms impact dairy prices?
Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The law of supply and demand has shown for centuries that when the amount of a good in high demand dwindles, prices change relative to the availability. When it [Read More…]
Keanu Reeves, Fisher Stevens prepping documentary on MMA legend Benny Urquidez
RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Keanu Reeves knows his way around a martial arts mat, what with his extensive training for The Matrix and John Wick franchises, and now he’s about to pay tribute to a groundbreaker within [Read More…]
‘Twilight’ vet Kristen Stewart says she would have broken up with Edward “immediately”
Dominique Charriau/WireImage Kristen Stewart obviously still has some feelings for her Twilight character, Bella — just not her taste in men. That’s what fans learned on a new installment of the Not Skinny But Not [Read More…]
Tom Holland’s Romeo gets his Juliet for West End theater production
Good Morning America On Thursday, The Jamie Lloyd Company announced the full cast for Tom Holland‘s West End return with William Shakespeare‘s Romeo & Juliet, including his star-crossed titular other half: Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. The actress [Read More…]
NEXTILE challenges students to create soy textiles
U.S. Soy’s new textile design challenge is awarding college students for creating innovative multifunctional fabric using soy-based products. United Soybean Board director and Michigan soybean farmer Carla Schultz served as a judge this year. “It’s [Read More…]
Corn higher, boosted by USDA numbers
Soybeans were mixed, with nearby contracts weak and deferred months firm, still ending the week modestly lower. The USDA sees 2024 U.S. soybean planted area at 86.5 million acres, close to expectations and 3% higher [Read More…]
USDA continues evaluating milk marketing orders
(Photo: Economist Roger Cryan questions Kevin Krentz during the recent USDA Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing) A producer who served on the American Farm Bureau’s national dairy committee says it will still be a while [Read More…]
Hog futures were mostly higher ahead of Thursday’s report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were up, and feeders were mostly higher watching direct business unfold. April live cattle closed $1.40 higher at $185 and June lives closed $1.57 higher at $180.25. April [Read More…]
Plant Based Products Council 2024 Annual Conference
Brent Barnett will be on the ground in Omaha, Nebraska April 9, 2024 for the Plant Based Products Council 2024 Annual Conference. …
Baltimore bridge collapse timeline: Inside the cargo ship collision
Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — Just after midnight on Tuesday, the fully loaded container ship Dali lifted anchor and prepared to depart the Port of Baltimore with 23 crew members aboard, destined for Sri Lanka nearly [Read More…]
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: Victims include dad of 5
Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — Six construction workers were killed when a cargo ship struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, sending the workers into the water below, officials said. The bodies of two victims [Read More…]
ICE singles out ‘sanctuary cities’ after Laken Riley’s killing as they announce separate migrant arrests
Via ICE (NEW YORK) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 216 noncitizens who faced criminal charges and convictions as part of the agency’s latest nationwide operation, officials said on Thursday as they also singled out [Read More…]
Biden teaming up with Obama, Clinton in New York City for major campaign fundraiser
Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden is teaming up with two of his Democratic predecessors — former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — to ramp up enthusiasm for his reelection campaign [Read More…]
California State Bar recommends ex-Trump attorney John Eastman be disbarred for 2020 election efforts
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The California State Bar has recommended that former Trump election attorney John Eastman be disbarred, a judge said in a filing on Wednesday. Eastman was charged with multiple disciplinary [Read More…]
‘This is the beginning, not the end’: Republicans brace for continued abortion rights fallout
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans accomplished a longtime goal in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, scrapping constitutional protections for abortion. They’ve been faced with seemingly monthly electoral setbacks ever since, [Read More…]
Prosecutors say Trump team trying to ‘rewrite indictment’ in bid to dismiss Georgia election case
ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Attorneys for Donald Trump said that Trump’s comments “calling into question” the election of 2020 were “the height of political speech,” in arguments seeking the dismissal of the former president’s Georgia [Read More…]
You must be logged in to post a comment.