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More than $5.8 billion of the $7.8 billion in federal funds awarded to Illinois schools since March 2020 has been spent. In Chicago, the school system faces a $391 million shortfall for the 2024-25 school year.
For decades, East Moline was a bustling town along the Mississippi River fueled by International Harvester employing thousands of residents to manufacture farm equipment.
Virginia environmentalists are seeking Farm Bill funding to help Chesapeake Bay conservation efforts. The proposed Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act would fund programs designed to improve water quality in the bay. One program helps farmers prevent runoff which has led to increased nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, driving up harmful algae blooms. ...
A look at the changeover to more energy efficient school buses.
A powerful citizens' watchdog group has published a report explaining why it sees the Indiana Economic Development Corporation's Limitless Exploration and Advanced Pace project as bad. Indiana has committed about $1 billion to the project, to divert millions of gallons of water a day from Tippecanoe County to Boone County for a high-tech industrial park. Kerwin Olson, executive director of the Citizens Action Coalition, said the project is poor public policy and his group is asking the state to hit the 'pause' button. ...