What's Holding Back One 'Job Creator'? Not Taxes
There aren't many people on the broad Kansas prairie, but there is industry.At G.L. Huyett, boxy machines jammed into a big metal building grind steel into heavy transmission parts."We're a supplier of...
View ArticleAn Antitrust Official Gets Pounded By Big Beef
Dudley Butler is quitting his job tomorrow. Never heard of him? He's President Obama's appointee to run the division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that governs antitrust issues in the meat...
View ArticleRecord-High Food Prices Boost Farmers' Bottom Lines
Part of a seriesThanks to high commodity prices and surging productivity, U.S. farmers earned a net income of nearly $98 billion last year — a record, according to the Food and Agricultural Policy...
View ArticleConfusion Wins In Missouri's 'Chaotic' Caucus Process
Cassville, Mo., is a little town on the edge of the Ozark Mountains. During the Civil War, the Confederate state Legislature convened here. Tuesday, the Republican presidential caucus was the big draw....
View ArticleDrought Brings Misery To Arkansas River Basin
Drought has set in early and hard across the Midwest, parching the Arkansas River basin. The river trickling out of the mountains is dry before it reaches some of the major agricultural uses downstream.
View ArticleSome In Mo. Still Back Rep. Akin Despite Comments
Many people in Missouri are still backing GOP Rep. Todd Akin — some more strongly than before — after his controversial remarks about rape and pregnancy.Akin was polling ahead of the incumbent,...
View ArticleDespite Record Drought, Farmers Expect Banner Year
After one of the driest summers on record, recent rains have helped in some parts of the country. But overall, the drought has still intensified. The latest tracking classifies more than a fifth of the...
View ArticleDrought-Stricken Plains Farmers 'Giddy' Over Heavy Snow
Two rapid-fire snowstorms belted Kansas with more than 2 feet of snow this week.
View ArticleAfter Years Of Struggle, Veteran Chooses To End His Life
After a dozen years at war, an estimated 2 million active-duty service members will have returned home by the end of 2013. Some reintegrate without much struggle, but for others it's not so easy. The...
View ArticleCities Turn Sewage Into 'Black Gold' For Local Farms
On a normal day, Kansas City, Mo., processes more than 70 million gallons of raw sewage. This sewage used to be a nuisance, but Kansas City, and a lot of municipalities around the country, are now...
View ArticleTwinkies' Return Is Mostly Sweet News For Kansas Town
The news of Hostess' return to Emporia, Kan., sparked an ecstatic response in this beleaguered town — even though there will be only half as many jobs.The new company, formed when investors bought...
View ArticleInjured Veteran Keeps Up His Fight, Deciding To Live
A spinal injury left Iraq War veteran Tomas Young paralyzed below the waistin 2004. Further medical complications a few years later made him quadriplegic.Although Young had enlisted two days after the...
View ArticleFederal Plan To Save Prairie Chickens Ruffles State Feathers
It's prairie chicken mating season!Still, it's tough being a lesser prairie chicken these days. This type of grouse once spanned an enormous area, though now they survive mainly in pockets of Oklahoma...
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