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Powertech CEO Clement Snared in Second Uranium Mining License Stay

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hold a teleconference Tuesday, May 13, for the purpose of "Scheduling Oral Argument on Motion to Stay Powertech’s NRC License." This scheduling meeting begins at 2 p.m. (I'm guessing Eastern Time, from the…

FBI Investigates Ponzi Scheme in Texas EB-5 Visa Program

As Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen trudges through bankruptcy and angles for a buyer, we have to keep wondering where all the money went. Millions of dollars in state aid and foreign investors buying their green cards and loans from…

Texas Troopers Take Tampons from Citizens at Legislature, Green-Light Guns

Margaret Atwood couldn't have written this, because it's too absurd to be believed. Facing vigorous public protest over the Texas Legislature's railroading of draconian abortion restrictions, Texas state troopers searched visitors to the Texas state capitol yesterday and confiscated tampons,…

Texas Abortion-Ban Advocate Claims Rape Kits Are Abortion Procedures

Texas State Representative Jodie Laubenberg is promoting legislation that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks and shut down all but five of her state's abortion clinics. In floor debate Sunday night, this Republican legislator faced hard questions about whether…

South Dakota Economic Development Chief Calls Texans Lazy

Our Governor Dennis Daugaard and Texas Governor Rick Perry both visited Connecticut this week to try luring gun manufacturers to relocate or expand their operations away from the tyranny and oppression of sensible and popular gun control laws. Knowing that…

Uranium Mining Will Make Black Hills Water Worse

Dakota Rural Action and the Clean Water Alliance are holding an information meeting on the impact of uranium mining on the Black Hills tonight in Rapid City. One of the key facts they'll explain is that allowing Canadian company Powertech…