Business Funding offers low-cost business loans, including those backed by the SBA and USDA, but new businesses might find it difficult to qualify ...

The first time Chris Dahl heard rumblings of a plan to build a large solar array among the corn fields and tobacco sheds of East Windsor, she said the project sounded like a good enough idea.

Check your fridge, because if you’re anything like me, you enjoy a good pasta dish. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

While federal agencies are stuck in a holding pattern, some effects of the shutdown are being felt locally right now; others could be weeks away.

As a shutdown of the federal government sends shockwaves through the states, Iowa’s colleges and universities are starting to ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new rule to streamline the filing process for temporary agricultural worker ...

The change affects H-2A nonimmigrant visas, which allow U.S. employers to hire foreign workers for temporary agricultural ...

The US government entered a partial shutdown on October 1, 2025, following failures to pass a funding bill before the deadline of midnight Tuesday. This shutdown is different from the shutdown of 2018 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing a plan to help rebuild the nation’s beef herd, which has fallen to its lowest level since 1951 due to years of drought. While ranchers have begun slowly ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A year after the devastating affects of Hurricane Helene, the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service says it has made significant progress in repairing and restoring the Sumter ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The U.S. Department of Education has pulled millions of dollars in funding for Chicago Public Schools' "Magnet Schools Assistance Program." CPS officials confirmed the cancellation of ...