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Members of U.S. Senate agriculture panel spar with Vilsack over USDA spending, response

2 years 5 months ago

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack bristled at complaints from both Democrats and Republicans of unchecked departmental spending and delayed support for farmers during a Thursday U.S. Senate oversight hearing. He also lobbied Congress to provide a farm bill that will balance large-scale productivity with the needs of small and mid-sized producers, a theme the […]

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Adam Goldstein

Circuit Attorney Withheld Evidence in Murder Case, Critic Says

2 years 5 months ago
The defense attorney representing a St. Louis man who was accused of killing a Parkway West senior in April 2020 says that the prosecutor handling the case for the Circuit Attorney's Office withheld crucial, potentially exculpatory evidence the office had in its possession for more than two years. Carieal J. Doss, 18, was found dead on April 14, 2020, on a sidewalk in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood, having suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Levi Henning, who is now 21, was charged with Doss' murder almost a year later.
Ryan Krull

Wicker Bill Eyes Forcing ‘Big Tech’ To Pay ‘Big Telecom’ Billions For No Coherent Reason

2 years 5 months ago
A bipartisan coalition of Senators including Roger Wicker (MS), Todd Young (IN), Mark Kelly (AZ) and Ben Ray Luján (NM) are poised to reintroduce legislation supported by telecom monopolies that could ultimately result in tech giants paying telecom giants billions of dollars for no coherent reason. The soon to be reconstituted FAIR Contributions Act, word […]
Karl Bode

Pentagon to halt use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as cleanup costs mount

2 years 5 months ago

WASHINGTON — Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing firefighting foam later this year and phase it out entirely in 2024. The replacement for Aqueous Film Forming Foam has yet to be determined, and advocates are frustrated it’s taken so long to halt […]

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Ashley Murray