Great Plains News Digest
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reveals the great lengths that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain legal actions in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
WORDS: 2321 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:26 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913&mediaType=text
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways from AP and Lee’s report on a pipeline company’s lawsuits against Midwest farmers
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, brought 156 eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt. A Summit spokesperson says the company’s priority is voluntary agreements and that the vast majority of easements for the project “have been and continue to be” secured voluntarily.
WORDS: 739 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 8:43 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:205942618a66e0fe495838a3bf895bed&mediaType=text
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KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January. Texas surpassed 500 cases Tuesday, and the U.S. has more than double the total number of measles cases in 2024. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1361 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:13 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:d5444b3397ac7c4034e63becc219aa33&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reveals the great lengths that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain legal actions in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
WORDS: 2321 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:26 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913&mediaType=text
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways from AP and Lee’s report on a pipeline company’s lawsuits against Midwest farmers
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, brought 156 eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt. A Summit spokesperson says the company’s priority is voluntary agreements and that the vast majority of easements for the project “have been and continue to be” secured voluntarily.
WORDS: 739 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 8:43 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:205942618a66e0fe495838a3bf895bed&mediaType=text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKC–FROZEN FOUR
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Defending champion Denver and Boston University, with 15 championships between them, bring their rich histories to the Frozen Four championship rounded out by two newcomers in Western Michigan, the lone top seed remaining, and Penn State, 13 years removed from launching it’s hockey program. Denver faces Western Michigan and BU plays Penn State in the semifinals on Thursday. By Hockey Writer John Wawrow. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 6 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 5:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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HKN–BLUES-OILERS
DESCRIPTION: The St. Louis Blues visit the Edmonton Oilers. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 9:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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NEBRASKA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reveals the great lengths that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain legal actions in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
WORDS: 2321 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:26 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913&mediaType=text
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways from AP and Lee’s report on a pipeline company’s lawsuits against Midwest farmers
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, brought 156 eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt. A Summit spokesperson says the company’s priority is voluntary agreements and that the vast majority of easements for the project “have been and continue to be” secured voluntarily.
WORDS: 739 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 8:43 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:205942618a66e0fe495838a3bf895bed&mediaType=text
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reveals the great lengths that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain legal actions in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
WORDS: 2321 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:26 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913&mediaType=text
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways from AP and Lee’s report on a pipeline company’s lawsuits against Midwest farmers
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, brought 156 eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt. A Summit spokesperson says the company’s priority is voluntary agreements and that the vast majority of easements for the project “have been and continue to be” secured voluntarily.
WORDS: 739 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 8:43 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:205942618a66e0fe495838a3bf895bed&mediaType=text
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US-KEYSTONE-PIPELINE-RUPTURE
DESCRIPTION: Following developments on the Keystone oil pipeline spill near Fort Ransom, North Dakota.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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FALLING OIL PRICES
Energy demand erodes in face of global economic slowdown as trade war intensifies
SUMMARY: Oil prices slid to a four-year low Wednesday as fears of a global recession grew amid the latest round of tariff increases. Prices for U.S. crude were down $2.60 per barrel, or 4.3%, to $56.98 per barrel in midday trading on Wall Street. Prices recovered some of the overnight losses that pushed them to their lowest level since February of 2021, when the U.S. and global economies were still emerging from the COVID-19 economic downturn. A year ago, a barrel of U.S. crude was around $85. The swoon in energy prices come after Trump’s latest round of tariffs kicked in after midnight, including a 104% tax on goods coming from China.
WORDS: 372 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:27 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:c76592517a1cfbd73e469aa791dcf80e&mediaType=text
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January. Texas surpassed 500 cases Tuesday, and the U.S. has more than double the total number of measles cases in 2024. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1361 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:13 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:d5444b3397ac7c4034e63becc219aa33&mediaType=text
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKN–THUNDER-SUNS
DESCRIPTION: PHOENIX — The Western Conference leading Oklahoma City Thunder travel to face the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. By David Brandt. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos from 7 p.m. tipoff.
UPCOMING: By 04/09/2025 9:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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SOUTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press reveals the great lengths that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, has gone to get its nearly $9 billion project built, including a barrage of eminent domain legal actions in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt.
WORDS: 2321 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 11:26 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913&mediaType=text
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US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways from AP and Lee’s report on a pipeline company’s lawsuits against Midwest farmers
SUMMARY: The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years. An analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found that the company, Summit Carbon Solutions, brought 156 eminent domain lawsuits in South Dakota. The legal salvo generated so much outrage among local farmers that South Dakota’s governor signed a bill into law last month that bans the use of eminent domain for building carbon dioxide pipelines, putting the project’s future in doubt. A Summit spokesperson says the company’s priority is voluntary agreements and that the vast majority of easements for the project “have been and continue to be” secured voluntarily.
WORDS: 739 – MOVED: 04/09/2025 8:43 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:205942618a66e0fe495838a3bf895bed&mediaType=text
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