Time to get serious about election choices

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreement with John Deere is good news for farmers and is a boost for consumers. The proposed agreement was completed July 8 by the FTC and the attorneys general of Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It will require Deere to make repair software, diagnostic tools and technical resources available to farmers and independent repair providers...

Putting out a community newspaper is a lot like running a relay race. It starts each week, with the staff at putting in long hours covering meetings, sports and events and sitting down with residents and business owners to help share their stories. Staff then take those stories and photographs and lay out the pages. They are human beings, not computer algorithms, making choices about what...

Bad politics has killed, at least for now, a decades-old conservation program that enjoyed broad bipartisan support. Due to toxic political wrangling and lack of legislative leadership, the legislature failed to reauthorize funding for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund. Funding ran out as of June 30 and the program came to an end. The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program — named for conser...