Benedict News

The controversial Keystone pipeline faces public scrutiny once again, maybe for the last time.

For years, as developers have transformed neighborhoods such as north downtown, Midtown Crossing and Aksarben Village into trendy destinations, city officials have wondered what to do about the area roughly between Dodge and Harney Streets, from 20th to 25th Streets.

When Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently told farm leaders that rural America is becoming less relevant to the nation's politics and must reverse that trend, he raised some eyebrows.