EAST ST. LOUIS - A market in East St. Louis is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for terminating its participation in a federal program due to alleged discrimination.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Including white farmers and ranchers in a debt relief law that excluded them wouldn’t cure defects in the law, white farmers Joshua Morton and Matthew Morton of Kell asserted on March 15.
EAST ST. LOUIS — Hillshire Brands is facing a class action alleging its Jimmy Dean Delights English muffin sandwich is falsely labeled as "whole grain."
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack must not spend money from a debt forgiveness program that excludes white farmers and ranchers, federal judges in Florida and Texas ruled.
U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to improve access to affordable housing programs for volunteer firefighters and first responders.
A group of white Illinois farmers is challenging an agricultural relief bill designed to provide loan assistance to “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers, arguing that they are ineligible for assistance following COVID-19 due to their race.
A Madison grocery store seeks to reverse its permanent disqualification from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, arguing that it did not engage in alleged benefits trafficking.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) a $378,671 grant as part of their Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
A lawsuit filed at Macoupin County circuit court last week claims that a private water company created by the city of Carlinville, village of Dorchester and Jersey County Rural Water Co.. and the public funding it receives. is not legal.
Solving Illinois’ people problem requires addressing the high cost of government, which makes the state far less attractive for people looking to plant roots.
