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WEBAug 19, 2024 · by Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest October 2, 2024 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest. Striking dockworkers have shut down seaports along the East and Gulf Coasts, impacting ports that handle around 40% of the nation’s agricultural exports. The closed ports could also impact shipments of farm …
Is EPA ignoring the Supreme Court decision in Sackett?
WEBJul 16, 2024 · Whether or not you believe the ruling is hooey, the U.S. Supreme Court finding in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency fundamentally changed how protected wetlands are defined under Waters of the United States in the Clean Waters Act.. The court replaced the controversial and heavily debated significant nexus test, established by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Rapanos v.
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WEBSep 25, 2024 · Join us in support of IowaWatch, the local newsroom of Investigate Midwest. Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.
What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
WEBMay 8, 2024 · Former Tyson contract growers who spoke to Investigate Midwest said they have had to take out upwards of $2 million loans to become Tyson contract growers. These loans are used to build or purchase chicken barns to grow chickens under contract for Tyson, a common practice across the poultry industry. The cost of raising chickens increased 35% ...
The government spends millions to open grocery stores in food …
WEBAug 9, 2024 · Over the past decade, state and federal governments have invested millions of dollars in creating grocery stores in food deserts — defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as any low-income urban neighborhoods without a grocery store within a mile, and any rural communities without one within 10 miles.
Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A Tyson Plant on West Olrich Street in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 28, 2020. photo by Spencer Tirey, for Investigate Midwest. The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee.
EPA rules popular Seresto flea collar stays on the market, with …
WEBJul 14, 2023 · The popular Seresto flea and tick collar will remain on the market, but with new mitigation measures, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday. The EPA announced the measures on the collar after a multi-year analysis of the product’s safety. The agency limited the approval of …
Pillen’s Rise: After building pork empire, Nebraska’s governor …
WEBAug 31, 2023 · Key takeaways: * Ethics experts said the best way to avoid appearances of conflicts of interest is for public officials to sell their business interests. Pillen's most recent financial disclosure, from March, showed he's invested in about 40 companies. He has not said whether he's sold his interests. * In the years before becoming governor, […]
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WEBInvestigate Midwest (previously The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting) is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public as a watchdog over influential corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism. Started in 2009 by journalist Mike Sherry, Investigate Midwest provides training and education for students, professional ...
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WEBJan 18, 2024 · by Nour Longi, CU-Citizen Access and Madison Holcomb, CU-Citizen Access January 18, 2024 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest. This story was originally published by CU-Citizen Access. Just months before he planned to retire, 66-year-old Robert Dautel was killed in an accident at the railyard just off …