Author Archives: Keith Good

A news release yesterday from Sen. Joni Ernst (R, Iowa) stated that, “[Sen. Ernst] introduced legislation to codify into law the Trump Administration’s rollback of the Obama-era ‘Waters of the United States,’ or ‘WOTUS,’ rule. “‘The Obama-era WOTUS rule threatened Iowa’s farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses by giving the federal government authority to regulate water… Continue Reading

DTN writer Todd Neeley reported late last month that, “The former owners/operators of a biodiesel plant in Utah have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in a biodiesel tax and renewable identification numbers, or RINs, fraud case, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City… Continue Reading

Bloomberg writer Tim Loh reported yesterday that, “Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann said he’d consider a ‘financially reasonable’ settlement of litigation over the weedkiller Roundup as the caseload swells and the company’s shares slump anew. “The number of lawsuits from people in the U.S. who say the herbicide caused them to develop cancer… Continue Reading

A news release last week from Representative Antonio Delgado (D. N.Y.) stated that, “Today, the U.S. House passed [Rep. Delgado’s] bipartisan legislation, H.R. 2336, the Family Farmer Relief Act, introduced with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), and Reps. TJ Cox (D-Calif.), Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Dusty… Continue Reading

Wall Street Journal writer Sara Randazzo reported yesterday that, “Bayer AG succeeded in getting a third large trial verdict substantially reduced in litigation over the safety of its signature weedkiller, Roundup. “A California state court judge in Alameda County on Thursday trimmed a more than $2 billion award to $86.7 million in the case of… Continue Reading

A news release yesterday from Representative Antonio Delgado (D., N.Y.) stated that, “Today, [Rep. Delgado] and Representative John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13) introduced the Tax Fairness for the Self-Employed Act, bipartisan legislation that would make changes to the tax code to level the playing field for self-employed small business owners by making sure that self-employed individuals… Continue Reading

Associated Press writer Hannah Grabenstein reported yesterday that, “Tofurky Co., which produces plant-based alternatives to meat, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming an Arkansas law that bans the use of ‘meat’ in the labeling of its products violates free speech rights. “The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Oregon-based company against… Continue Reading