As usual, the real political news is on the business page:

Renewable fuel still might flow at the $200 million former [read: bankrupt] Panda Ethanol plant near Hereford [Texas].
. . . The plant, designed to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol a year, was slated to use manure from the many feedlots in the area to power much of the plant by turning it into a gas to burn to heat boilers.
. . . Murphy [Oil] discussed the idea of a property tax reduction with the Deaf Smith County Commissioner’s Court on Monday.

Ethanol: When it’s not running on tax subsidies, it’s running on pure b.s.