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“When people are exposed to pesticides, they deserve honest warnings about the risks. If federal protections aren’t enough, states should be able to act before people get sick.” — Bill Jordan, former deputy director of the Office of Pesticide Programs during the Obama administration, on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the manufacturer of Roundup weedkiller, which was accused of failing to include a cancer warning on its label.
A dog at Wuanita Swedlund’s kennels in Farmington, Iowa, as photographed by USDA inspectors in 2024. (USDA photo as reproduced in U.S. District Court records)
The federal government is taking an Iowa dog breeder to court, seeking a court order that will allow inspectors onto the property for the first time since 2024.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is suing Wuanita Swedlund of Farmington for allegedly barring federal officials from conducting unannounced inspections of her dog-breeding operations.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and related products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto.
The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25 million verdict a Missouri court awarded to a man who said long-term use of the weedkiller Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
Libertarian candidate for governor Nicholas Gluba and his running mate, Jules Cutler, are asking the courts to return their ticket to the ballot after being removed by the State Objection Panel.
Nearly 60 Iowa farms will open their doors Friday and Saturday for Iowans to peruse local goods – a trend that appears to be on the rise among Iowa grocery shoppers.
Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial. Trump announced the event nearly a year ago during a visit to the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new definition of “professional” fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees.
A federal judge blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail on Thursday, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday with the Trump administration’s request to turn away asylum-seekers who present themselves at ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its plans to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that opens them up to deportation.
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