Corporate sponsors of Pride events also contribute to politicians with anti-LGBTQ leanings
Fans pose for a photo in front of a Pride sign in the fifth inning of the game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on…
Minnesota high school graduates reflect on challenges in college admissions, financial aid
Getty images. Mariam Elias, a recent graduate of White Bear Lake Area High School, can’t bank on using her or her family’s money to pay for four years of schooling.…
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…