OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Opponents of the state's new capital gains tax can begin gathering signatures on an initiative seeking to repeal the law after a judge approved final wording for how the measure would be described on the ballot and the initiative petitions.
The Everett Herald reported ...
WINDSOR, Maine (AP) — Solar energy projects on Maine farms are expected to bring millions of kilowatt hours of electricity to the state.
The projects will get a boost of $10.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie ...
KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) — One of Wisconsin's largest dairy farms is suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over changes to its wastewater permit that require the operators to limit the size of their herd and begin monitoring groundwater in an area where nitrate contamination has ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rising global temperatures could damage crop production, but farmers also need domestic oil and gas production to increase, Louisiana's agriculture commissioner says.
"Climate change is real," Commissioner Mike Strain told the Press Club of Baton Rouge.
Strain said ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law, earlier struck down by lower courts, that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities.
The justices did not comment in leaving in place a ruling by a federal appeals court ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa would become the first state in the nation to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel with at least 15% ethanol under a bill that received final legislative approval Tuesday.
When signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, who initially proposed the mandate, the ...