If you live in a flood prone community, soil health from nearby farmland may have something to do with it. Ag voices in Wisconsin say government-funded conservation programs are effective in mitigating risks and disaster expenses. Congress will soon renew debate over long-term Farm Bill funding, including incentives for producers to adopt practices like no-till farming, which allow the soil to hold more water after heavy rain. .
Nurses who care for patients in their homes in central Oregon are pushing to get their union contract negotiations across the finish line. Home health and hospice care workers at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart in the Eugene area have been in a long struggle to complete negotiations. The nurses contract expired in April. .
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The Arizona Governor s Office of Resilience and industry leaders discussed clean energy investments in the state at Honeywell s facility in Phoenix Monday. The event highlighted the partnership between the public and private sectors and how federal funds can be leveraged to continue making investments in renewable energy sources across Arizona, made available through the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Blaise Caudill, energy policy adviser to Arizona Gov. .
Wildlife advocates are pushing back on a bill in Congress which would remove federal wilderness protections from some Montana land. There are currently 44 Wilderness Study Areas, making up a million acres of Montana s wildest prairies, river breaks, deep forests and mountain peaks in all corners of the state. Experts agreed they provide unparalleled wildlife habitat, clean air and water. .