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USDA To Move Most Employees Out of DC to Regional Offices To Better Serve Farmers, Ranchers
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins is relocating over half of the agency’s Washington, D.C.-based workforce to field offices around the country. The move is meant to cut costs and put federal employees closer to the farmers, ranchers, and producers...

Top Senate Democrat targets more EPA rules for repeal
The top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is redoubling his efforts to flip the script on deployment of Republicans’ favorite rule-removal tool. With a series of four Congressional Review Act resolutions introduced...

RELIGION HEADLINES THR 7-24-25
Audio By Carbonatix ( SRN NEWS ) Officials in some states are taking aim at higher education, seeking to make state supported schools less hostile to conservatives and Christians. Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Iowa and Idaho have increasingly...

Shake-up at the USDA will send 2,600 D.C. jobs to 5 new regional hubs
Big changes are coming for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On Thursday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled plans for a "complete reorganization of the USDA," that will relocate about 2,600 USDA jobs in Washington, D.C. – more...

Trump Denies Maryland’s Request for FEMA Aid after Devastating Floods
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post An aerial view of the flooded downtown area in Westernport, Maryland, on May 13. The Washington Post 12:57 JST, July 24, 2025 The White House on Wednesday denied Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s request for $15.8...

IDEM forecasts Air Quality Action Day for Wednesday for Jackson County
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has forecast an Air Quality Action Day for Wednesday in two Indiana regions. Ozone levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range (Orange) in the following...

Six Months of Trump’s Immigration Agenda: A State and Local Snapshot
The American Immigration Council’s new special report Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America, focuses on immigration activity at the federal level during Trump’s first six months in...

Allergies seem nearly impossible to avoid --- unless you're Amish
SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY JWR UPDATE. IT'S FREE. (AND NO SPAM!) Just click here. Whether triggered by pollen, pet dander or peanuts, allergies in this day and age seem nearly impossible to avoid. But one group appears virtually immune, a mystery to...
'Nowhere else to go': City to close Fountain Square homeless camp amid mounting pressure
Fountain Square neighbors complained of the city's perceived hands-off approach as trash, drunkenness and alleged animal abuse occurs at a growing homeless camp. With its new program Streets to Home Indy, the city aims to gradually shut down camps...

AI training coming for 911 dispatchers
John Jokantas, the head of communications for the county’s 911 center, requested funds to get AI training for his dispatchers. Most people know pilots spend hours on a flight simulator before they climb into the cockpit, and it is known to be...

WNBA CBA negotiations: Where things stand after All-Star Weekend as potential work stoppage looms
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ahead of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, players donned black warmup shirts that read "PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US" in white lettering. The Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) logo appears on the shirt. Behind the Team...

Judge rejects request to release Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida
A federal judge says Trump administration’s effort to unseal grand jury documents failed to meet legal standards A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein...

Foley Automotive Update - July 2025 #2
Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst Key Developments Foley & Lardner will be among the speakers at the MEMA OE Digital Transformation in Mobility event beginning at 8:30 a.m. (ET) at the MEMA Conference Center in...
Boom fades for US clean energy as Trump guts subsidies
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -Singapore-based solar panel manufacturer Bila Solar is suspending plans to double capacity at its new factory in Indianapolis. Canadian rival Heliene’s plans for a solar cell facility in Minnesota are under review....
7 Hoosier agencies share why Gov. Braun's executive order is wrong
Seven Indiana nonprofits voiced concerns over Gov. Mike Braun's executive order relaxing environmental regulations. They cited studies showing environmental regulations create jobs and haven't harmed economic growth. The groups urge the governor...

Invenergy says Grain Belt Express will go forward despite DOE decision
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S., but the...

Angel Reese shares non-negotiable in powerful vow to WNBA over pay talks
Angel Reese made it known what was non-negotiable for her and the WNBPA as they discussed a new CBA with the WNBA. The league and its players currently are in a stalemate, with the WNBPA unhappy with how discussions are going with the league. So...

US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people
More than a 100 million people in the US will face dangerous conditions over the weekend as a heat dome which has scorched much of the center of the country nudges eastward. Heat advisories were in place on Friday all across the north-eastern...

AI training for ‘Blue Economy’ boosts workforce development, ocean research
Reading time: 2 minutesJetstream2 at Indiana University The University of Hawaiʻi will provide critical training in artificial intelligence (AI) to support economic growth through ocean and coastal sustainability research. The training is a...

Deportation flights begin from Alligator Alcatraz in Florida
1 of 2 | Flights with migrants at Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades have been departing from a rarely used runway. Screenshot courtesy of Attorney General James Uthmeier/X July 25 (UPI) -- Deportation flights from the so-called...