Governor Dennis Daugaard still hasn't pulled a decision on Medicaid expansion out of his post-Romney depression, but South Dakota Democrats agree with South Dakota's health care providers: taking advantage of the Medicaid expansion offered by President Barack Obama's Affordable Care…
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Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman is thinking about making Nebraska more like South Dakota by getting rid of its state income tax. Jon Bailey of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska, says ditching the income tax would slash state…
Last month a Texas judge made the same error a South Dakota judge did in 2008, ruling that TransCanada, a Canadian corporation, can seize American property through eminent domain. Judge Bill Harris of Lamar County in Texas ruled that the…
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has mapped out the specific area around which TransCanada must reroute its proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The hope is that, if Keystone XL must be built, we can at least prevent TransCanada from…
After insisting for three years that running the Keystone XL pipeline straight through the ecologically sensitive Nebraska Sand Hills was the best option for pumping 900,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day from Alberta to Texas, TransCanada now says…
Following the Obama Administration's welcome decision to take time to study alternative routes for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, journalist Bob Mercer raises a perfectly logical question: if the proposed route won't work, where will Keystone XL go?…
Hey, Governor Daugaard! Looking for ideas for imposing additional safeguards on the risky and unnecessary Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline? Take a look at the six bills in Nebraska's legislative hopper right now: LB1, the Major Oil Pipeline Siting…