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Small towns far from big cities rely upon federal grants to help them, but numerous definitions of what the government considers rural make that complicated. -
Supply chain problems, high demand, and natural gas prices are behind the fertilizer markup.
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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted in 1991, generally prohibits unsolicited, automated telemarketing calls.
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Millions of American consumers still rely on 3G devices and technology, and its phase-out is underway as 5G services expands across the country.
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Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.
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Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/This is Leslie VonHolten calling in from the High Plains of Kansas with another HPPR Radio Readers Book Byte. -
FOTO:FORTEPAN / Jezsuita Levéltár, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/My name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, Texas. I’m here to talk about Persepolis, a two-part autobiographical narrative by Marjane Satrapi.
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Click and listen to Luke detail a very effective method he used for harvesting wild hogs. Rather than hunt open fields, he begins by baiting a spot in thick cover and then trickles a trail of corn out of the heavy stuff to and area that allows good visibility.
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I believe every family has its mysteries. Every clan has the old, unanswered questions like, “Whatever happened to Granddad’s ’57 Chevy?” and “Who ended up with Grandma’s peacock brooch?” and “What is the secret ingredient in Aunt Carol’s rhubarb pie?”...
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The U.K. said its claim is based on an intelligence assessment. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukraine border, stoking fears of an invasion.
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