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LINCOLN — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has approved another disaster declaration for 13 Nebraska counties due to drought, bringing the total counties covered by a USDA declaration for drought conditions this year to 86 of 93 counties. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Rollins’ latest approval Wednesday, one day after she approved it. A […]
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Zach Wendling
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7/29/26
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It is a disgrace the way our congressional delegation has abandoned U.S. veterans. The Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, which Murkowski, Sullivan and Begich all voted for, gave more tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations, while at the same time squeezing the middle class and the poor. Among the casualties are U.S. veterans. In […]
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Virginia Lembo
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7/29/26
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LMNT reports that while trace heavy metals are present in many foods, the body absorbs only a small fraction, with bioavailability influenced by nutrient status and gut health.
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Stephanie Eckelkamp for LMNT
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7/29/26
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Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried is calling on Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody to use her power to seek release of a grand jury report into the $10 million in taxpayer funds diverted to the Hope Florida Foundation in 2024. Hope Florida is the community-based, state-wide welfare assistance initiative launched by First Lady Casey […]
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Mitch Perry
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7/29/26
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19th News reports on the introduction of Carevix, a less painful alternative to the tenaculum for IUD insertions, aiming to improve gynecological care.
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Diane de Vignemont for 19th News
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7/29/26
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Next week, Utah state officials will begin accepting applications to license a new independent medical cannabis pharmacy to be located in a “medically underserved” or rural area with a population that’s smaller than Salt Lake, Utah, Davis or Weber counties. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced in a news release Tuesday the application […]
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Katie McKellar
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7/29/26
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Gov. Dan McKee now boasts endorsements from Rhode Island’s two major statewide teachers unions, having secured the recommendation of the National Education Association of Rhode Island on Wednesday. The endorsement, made by a unanimous vote of the association’s political action committee, is not a surprise. The 12,000-member union also backed McKee in 2022, and donated […]
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Nancy Lavin
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7/29/26
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Over the past three decades, New Hampshire Republicans have held trifecta power over the State House — or simultaneous control of the governor’s office, House, and Senate — for 11 years, including the past six. Democrats, meanwhile, have held trifecta power for just four years in that span. And while Democrats had a decade-long run […]
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Dana Wormald
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7/29/26
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The Dispatch reports the Fed aims for a 2% inflation target to balance price stability and maximum employment, rooted in historical economic challenges and policies.
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Eli Kronenberg for The Dispatch
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7/29/26
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PORTLAND — Enrollment in some graduate education and healthcare programs at Oregon’s public universities is expected to be down this fall, in part because students who might have enrolled face confusion and uncertainty over whether they can get the federal loans they need to attend, according to school leaders. The issue stems from new rules […]
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Alex Baumhardt
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7/29/26
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