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The Leviticus Fund, a Tarrytown-based nonprofit loan fund, received a $1.6 million Financial Assistance Award last month from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund.

After being knocked out of the playoffs by the 49ers for the second season in a row, breaking down the “whys” of how this happened again.

The dual financial system affects Black- and Brown-led firms. CDFIs have recently focused on shifting access to capital for developers.

Illinois hog producer Phil Borgic. If the rule is allowed U.S. hog farms will be subject to out-of-state auditors and inspectors. An 8,000-word brief on behalf of hog producers was filed Jan. 14 by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9 th Circuit in California. The outcome will determine if California can start telling American farmers what they can produce and how they produce it, or their product will be banned from being...

In a U.S. appeals court brief filed Jan. 14, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation emphasized that California’s Proposition 12 violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution by imposing arbitrary animal housing standards that reach outside of the state’s borders to farms across the country. In December 2019, NPPC and the American Farm Bureau Federation filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, asking the court to strik...

>> he will have bilateral discussions in chicago. i dont have the full list right in front of me. some of that is still being scheduled. i dont know that he plans at this point for him to meet bilaterally with president zardari. yes? >> george, as you would know, mexico is facing an incredible nightmare with the balance of the drug cartels. >> yes. >> and theyre waiting for a sign of hope. and would like to know recently u.s. and mexico participated in some joint operations. how these ...