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Supreme Court Backs Millner and Veblen Dairy; ND Dairy Hosts Drug Deal

The South Dakota Supreme Court has closed another chapter in Richard Millner's dairy shenanigans in Veblen. In a unanimous decision issued Wednesday, the justices upheld Fifth Circuit Judge Jack Von Wald's issuance of summary judgment in favor of defendants Richard…

Judge Orders FDA to Act on Health Concerns from Livestock Antibiotics

I've mentioned the public health dangers of non-therapeutic or "subtherapeutic" use of antibiotics in livestock on these pages before. District 8 Senate candidate and organic farmer Charlie Johnson has a thought or two on the topic as well. Charlie and…

Drug Testing Poor, Vaccination Paranoia Fail in SD Legislature

As the bad news rolls in about the South Dakota Republican Party's continuing war on teachers, I take small comfort in seeing our legislators having the good sense to whack at least a few bad ideas. I noted the demise…

Governors-Elect Consider Cutting Drug Programs — Why Not Legalize Pot

Florida's Republican Governor-Elect Rick Scott is cutting jobs in the Office of Drug Control created by former Governor Jeb Bush. South Dakota's Republican Governor-Elect Dennis Daugaard inherits from his predecessor a proposal to cut meth treatment programs. I'll invite Mr.…