Thanks to our entire South Dakota Congressional delegation Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune and our lone House of Representatives delegate Kristi Noem and also the help of the National Newspaper Association, the tariff on newsprint has apparently been lifted. And that was certainly good news to newspapers, the ones that were able to sustain themselves through the crisis.

It was especially significant that the news broke just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, so newspaper staffs definitely had an extra reason to celebrate the holiday. And all weeklies (including us) that publish with...