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News Tipoffs - South Dakota Editors Newsletter for Tuesday October 01, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Department of Labor Completed August 2024 Impact Inspections at 14 Mines With Repeated Health, Safety Violations, Issued 253 Violations
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Inspections identify 72 significant and substantial violations, 5 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 14 mines in 10 states in August 2024, issuing 253 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Leads Fight to Defend Pork Producers and Family Farmers
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 1 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in supporting the appeal of a district court ruling that upheld Massachusetts's radical pork ban. Massachusetts's new "Question 3" pork ban goes further than Proposition 12 by preventing other states from selling pork in, or even transporting pork through, Massachusetts if farmers do not comply with Massachusetts's strict  more