John McCain, R- Ariz., introduced an amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill to drop the eight USDA tobacco insurance programs. Rand Paul, R- Bowling Green, to urge him to oppose the amendment. On Monday, McCain said in a news release that the USDA offers "heavily subsidized crop insurance policies to tobacco farmers," such as eight separate tobacco insurance products that cost...
May 22-- The Tribune told you today that the La Crosse Police Department is redacting all personal information from its arrest and crash reports released to the public. The department is following the advice of its insurer in the wake of an Illinois court ruling. Open records expert Bob Dreps says the public is in the dark until the department reverses its...
TAMPA, Fla., May 22, 2013-- Homeowners Choice, Inc., doing business as HCI Group, Inc., a Florida- based holding company, has declared cash dividends of 5.833 cents per share on its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the months ending June 30, July 31 and August 31, 2013. HCI Group, Inc. owns enterprises engaged in diverse business activities, including...
May 22-- In a bit of a surprise move, Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty informed the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that his office would not pursue a Community Oriented Policing Services grant, at least for now. The COPS grant would have provided a school resource officer for various districts in Jasper County. The Newton Community School District has its own...
Senators Mark Begich, Jeanne Shaheen, Pat Toomey, and Jeff Flake today called for millions in potential savings in the Farm Bill and highlighted the need to bring greater transparency and common-sense limitations to crop insurance premiums during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol. The federal government currently spends almost $9 billion a year on crop...
Chairwoman Stabenow Floor Remarks on Conservation Compliance, Crop Insurance in 2013 Senate Farm Bill. Washington, DC- Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today delivered the below remarks on the Senate floor regarding the historic conservation compliance agreement included in the...
