LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 17 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * States set the rules on intrastate sales of raw milk; the issue is getting more attention with the enactment of new laws and spread of avian flu to cattle Across the 11-state Midwest, thousands of dairy farms produce approximately 38 percent of the nation's milk supply. Tens of billions of pounds of it is produced in a single year for distribution and consumption under a federal regulation in p  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 17 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Kansas joins states that prohibit 'intercepting' of foster children's federal benefits A first-in-the-nation executive order in Kansas aims to protect the rights of foster care youths to their federal benefits, a policy move that a handful of other states, all outside the Midwest, have taken through the recent enactment of laws or agency-directed initiatives. According to the Children's Advocac  more