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Fewer farmers are planting hemp across the Midwest and Great Plains. The decline is most acute in hemp grown for its oils, like CBD, but experts say there’s greater opportunity in industrial hemp.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a bill that would have required farmers, ranchers and other commercial irrigators to track how much water they pull from Oklahoma’s aquifers. Lawmakers said House Bill 3194 could help Oklahoma understand and protect its groundwater stores.
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LaTurner cited spending more time with family and young children as the reason for his decision.
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More than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white.
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Humans transport some non-native species on purpose. Others arrive by accident. The vast majority don’t hijack landscapes. But those that do come with high stakes.
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A Perkins man is accused of throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple’s Massachusetts headquarters.
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The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one. North Texas cities include Arlington, Grapevine, Fort Worth and Dallas.
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders.
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Light pollution reduces the visibility of stars creating navigation issues for birds passing through. But it's not only a navigation issue.
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The high court declined to hear a Louisiana case involving a police officer who was injured during a 2016 protest and sued its organizer.
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As newspapers around the country close and consolidate, a printing press in Liberal, Kansas, is a lifeline for local media in the region.
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House and Senate leadership unveiled details on a proposal punishing people for entering and remaining in the state without legal permission Thursday, and they want to create a new crime to try and combat illegal immigration.