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Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers
Cockfighting, the practice of fighting roosters, has been around for centuries. In the U.S. it’s a federal crime and illegal in all 50 states. But in Oklahoma, there’s an effort to lower the penalties for cockfighting that breeders say simply protects their right to raise roosters, while animal rights groups are calling foul.
The Great Plains now have ‘wildfire years,’ not seasons, as blazes start and spread earlier
This year, wildfires have already burned thousands of acres in the Great Plains. Dry conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures have optimal settings for wildfires, and some experts say they are seeing more intense fires.
Private equity influence in nursing care is a cause for concern
For-profit companies and private equity firms have purchased more than half of the nonprofit nursing homes that have gone out of business in the last decade.
Supreme Court declines to block fees for state government records
A ruling by the Nebraska Supreme Court means that the state agency regulating environmental safety can lawfully charge a Nebraska news public tens of thousands of dollars for copies of public documents.
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