President Donald Trump’s order to freeze most federal grants and loans has created panic and uncertainty within the ...

On Aug. 24, 2024, a semi-trailer truck owned by Demaree Trucking, LLC, was hit by another semi on Interstate 57 in eastern Illinois, causing the truck and its cargo of 67 cows to flip over onto the ...

One of President Donald Trump’s first-term achievements was a major tax cut, which he signed into law in 2017. The Tax Cuts ...

Corn, the nation’s largest crop, is produced for a variety of uses, including food for humans and animals, alcohol for fuel and exports to foreign countries. Almost all of those uses have increased ...

Note: An earlier version of this story did not correctly combine county data, leading to an inflated number associated with ...

President Donald Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations has spread fear and panic across Iowa’s immigrant communities, ...

Farmers have begun raising concerns about the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations on their ...

Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is poised to spearhead a sweeping rollback of regulations related to meatpacking plant pollution, fertilizer ...

Note: This story was updated 10:23 a.m. Jan. 27, 2025. Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network ...