A farmer stores grain near Eldridge, Iowa, on Sept. 28, 2024 (Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch). “Check here if you, or your spouse if filing jointly, want even more of your money to go into the Farm Subsidy Kitty. Taxes might have to increase in the future to pay for it.” Let’s face it: $1.4 trillion…
An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft lands on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford in support of Operation Epic Fury in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, March 2, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t rule out asking Congress for an additional $200 billion to cover the cost of…
Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (Getty Images). There’s no doubt that raising sales taxes in order to lower property taxes will shift more of South Dakota’s tax burden to lower-income residents, Republican Senate Majority Leader Jim Mehlhaff said. “It is regressive,” he said. “There’s no denying that.” But Mehlhaff said the state’s modest sales…
In 2023, Sloane Heller was diagnosed with Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia, a condition that puts her at a 40% risk of developing breast cancer. At the time, despite severe perimenopause symptoms impacting her quality of life, her doctors marked her chart “patient cannot be on HRT” (photo submitted). Sloane Heller woke up one summer morning in…
Shipping cranes stand above container ships loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs on most U.S. trading partners were illegal (Mario Tama/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — Arizona coffee roaster Gabe Hagen is…
A gas pump is seen in a vehicle on Nov. 26, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Gas prices rose after the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran (Brandon Bell/Getty Images). As the war in the Middle East expands and begins to disrupt energy markets and shipping routes, its economic effects are already starting to appear. Gas prices have…
Voters mark their primary election ballots at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 3, 2026. (Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate) WASHINGTON — U.S. senators debated Wednesday whether the federal government should change how Americans register to vote and cast a ballot, with Republicans maintaining alterations are necessary to safeguard elections and Democrats…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in an elevator at the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C., at a time when Republican leaders were pushing to get President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” Act through Congress and to his desk before the July Fourth holiday (Alex Wong/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — Sure, Sen….
Booths await voters at the Pennington County Administration Building during early voting on Jan. 19 for a municipal election in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight). The voting overhaul measure that the U.S. Senate began debating Tuesday would cause major headaches for underfunded state and local election officials, without meaningfully stopping fraud, according to…
Protesters gather March 10, 2026, outside Leavenworth City Hall to encourage city commissioners to vote against a permit that allows private prison company CoreCivic to reopen in the community. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector). By the time you read this, those swept up in ICE raids may already be filling some of the 1,000 beds at a…
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