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 ...

Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's Secretary of Agriculture nominee, testifies during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington DC on Jan. 23, 2025. photo by ...

A couple protested in Waterloo to overturn the new immigration law, which a federal judge had blocked from taking effect, in Waterloo, Iowa, on July 1, 2024. photo by Eric Benson, for Investigate ...

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 ...

Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Jan. 16, ...

Jennifer Duensing stands in front of her classic truck on her farm in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois on Dec. 12, 2024. She likes to run Illinois Country Harvest the same way she likes the rest of her ...

In the run up to the November elections, then-Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance famously blamed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris for spiking the price of eggs. “Let’s talk ...

Georgia, the nation’s leading chicken producer, has suspended all poultry sales after detecting its first case of bird flu in a commercial flock. This development adds to the list of states impacted ...