Recent News About Agriculture
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Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced her appointments to three key subcommittees on the House Committee on Agriculture.
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EAST ST. LOUIS – Farmers Matt Morton and Joshua Morton of Kell, having proved that Congress shouldn’t exclude people from a benefit program on the basis of group identity, dismissed their discrimination suit on Aug. 30.
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Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action as of May 27, 2022.
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Davis Introduces Legislation to Block Biden Cfpb From Over-regulating the Farm Credit System.
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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.
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Davis: Biden Administration Pushing an Agenda of Poverty With Snap Rules.
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Fourteen Appointments to Boards and Commissions, Public Administrators and Public Guardians.
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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.
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EAST ST. LOUIS – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack continues to defend exclusion of white farmers and ranchers from a debt relief program but suddenly suggests he could include them for an already available $36 billion.
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Davis Relaunches Congressional Supply Chain Caucus.
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Davis Announces Usda Funding for Rural Communities.
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Davis, Kuster Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Renew Key Farm Program.
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EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel retrieved three Marion County farmers from a class action in Texas on Nov. 10, so she can hear their challenge to exclusion of whites from a loan forgiveness program.
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DALLAS - White farmers from Marion County who sued the U.S. locally to challenge their exclusion from a loan forgiveness program must join a national class action in Texas, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled on Oct. 13.
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During the late hours of September 9, the House of Representatives approved legislation (SB 2408) to put Prairie State Energy Campus located in southern Illinois at a competitive disadvantage, leaving the coal-fired power plant in my district with unachievable regulations that will lead to its closure in 2045.
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Bost Announces $95 Million Usda Loan for Perry County Solar Farm.
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60 Heyl Royster Attorneys Top 2021 Leading Lawyers List.
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Davis Amendment to Expand High-Speed Broadband Access in Underserved Areas Adopted Unanimously By House.
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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.
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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.