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Biden touts investment in rural areas in Minnesota, the home state of his primary challenger
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden visited a family-run farm in Minnesota on Wednesday and held a fundraiser featuring many of the state's top Democrats, championing his administration's investments in rural America while flexing political muscle on the home turf of his new 2024 primary...
Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday as part of two weeks of stops in rural America by top administration officials that are intended to highlight how increases in government spending can help improve peoples' lives. Biden's focus...
Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says
WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 — a sharp jump from 2021 when boosted government aid helped ease the pandemic-induced economic shutdown. A new Department of Agriculture report, released Wednesday, paints a...
New organic rules announced by USDA tighten restrictions on livestock and poultry producers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific standards if they want to label their products organic under final rules announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA's new Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards...
Editorial Roundup: Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune. September 26, 2023. Editorial: GOP created — and must clean up — shutdown mess Even Speaker Kevin McCarthy acknowledges the threats from far-right Republican representatives. Programs in Minnesota are at risk. At first...
Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature. U.S. Department of...
