The best way to fight higher prices? Higher wages
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Every year, prices for things like food and housing go up. Every year, Washington workers get a cost-of-living adjustment to the minimum wage so they…
‘Frustrating’ partisan stalemate: the new normal for farm bills?
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The stalemate over the current farm bill may be solidifying a new era in farm politics as it joins the last three farm…
Payment backlog leaves Missouri child care providers desperate, on the brink of closing
The Downtown Children’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, was able to stay open for working families during the pandemic by using federal grants (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). This spring, the state…
‘Frustrating’ partisan stalemate: the new normal for farm bills?
Top agricultural leaders in Congress diverse sharply over food assistance benefits in the 2023 farm bill (Scott Olson/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — The stalemate over the current farm bill may be…
Unauthorized immigrants are key players in Idaho’s economy, agricultural sector, study shows
Workers weed a field of peppers on a farm in Fruitland, Idaho. (Kirsten Strough/U.S. Department of Agriculture) Para leer esta historia en español, haga clic aquÃ. Unauthorized immigrants make up…
Indiana awards communities $51 million in housing infrastructure boost
A wooden building frame on a development site. (Dan Reynolds Photography via Getty Images) About a dozen Hoosier communities will split $51 million in state funding for public infrastructure set…
Environmental lawyers say end of Chevron deference could hurt Wisconsin water quality
Starkweather Creek empties into Lake Monona at Olbrich Park in Madison. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner) Environmental and administrative lawyers say that efforts to protect Wisconsin’s water from contaminants such…
Iowa colleges see lower federal student aid completion rates
(Photo illustration via Getty Images) As Iowa colleges and universities receive the last of the federal student aid applications for the upcoming school year, financial aid officials are seeing fewer…
‘Frustrating’ partisan stalemate: the new normal for farm bills?Â
A farmer planting corn near Dwight, Illinois, on April 23, 2020. Partisan gridlock in Congress has led to a stalemate on the current farm bill, which provides crop subsidies and…
Wyoming wolf torment case catalyzes pack of activists calling for national reform
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Flanked by three fellow activists, Kristin Combs was tired, hungry and catching up on messages after hours of trying to convince congressional staffers that legislation was needed following the…