September 25, 2023
A South Dakota federal jury said the U.S. Department of Agriculture should pay $400,000 to a forest ranger who claimed she was pushed out of a leadership role because she is a woman, saying the agency didn't show it would have reassigned her regardless of her gender.
August 24, 2023
A South Dakota federal judge refused to let the U.S. Department of Agriculture escape a lawsuit a ranger brought alleging she was stripped of authority because she's a woman, saying a jury should decide if the agency's inconsistency surrounding her demotion indicates discrimination was afoot.