Source: John Murawski, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/25/17

A state Senate committee approved a proposal to protect hog farms against citizen lawsuits filed over odors, flies, buzzards and other nuisances caused by large-scale hog farming operators. The state House passed a similar bill two weeks ago, but only after lawmakers agreed to drop a controversial provision that would have extended the legal protections to hog producer Murphy-Brown in 26 federal lawsuits filed in 2014...

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