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| Aug 6, 2026 | Trump Admin Hijacked $21 Billion In Taxpayer Money Earmarked For Internet Access And Then Went Mute | I’ve written a few times now about how the Trump administration hijacked a $42.5 billion broadband investment fund included in the 2021 infrastructure bill, stripped away requirements that the resulting broadband be fairly deployed and affo... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MARGERY A. BECK and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press
CREIGHTON, Neb. (AP) — Rick and Jane Saint John chose to live in the small town of Creighton, Nebraska, for one main reason: its hospital. Relat... |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Tyson to shutter major beef plant in Nebraska amid US cattle shortage | Listen to the article 4 min
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Tyson Foods is closing one of its largest beef processing plants and laying off more than 3,200 workers as U.S. cattle shortages ... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Trump idea to buy beef from Argentina will hurt U.S. ranchers, GOP Sen. warns | Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his proposal for the U.S. to buy beef from Argentina.
The proposal comes after the Trump administration helped buoy Argentina’s teetering economy by conducti... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | The Crucible of Democracy: A Pivotal Election Day in America | The air is thick with tension. November 5, 2024, marks a critical juncture in American politics. Control of Congress hangs in the balance. The stakes are high, and the outcome will shape the future of governance in the United States. Voters... |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle | WASHINGTON: Control of the United States Congress is at stake on Tuesday (Nov 5) in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided between Donald Trump's Republicans and ... |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Ohio Rep. Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Support for Cultivated Meat, Citing Threats to Health and Farmers | Warren Davidson, a Republican Party member and US representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district, has recently introduced the REAL Meat Act of 2024 to prohibit using federal funds for any activity related to cultivated meat, including... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Los Angeles County Passes Law to Make All Departmental Food Purchases Plant-Based | 5 Mins Read Los Angeles County has passed a motion to make all departmental food purchases plant-based by default, citing the environmental and human health benefits of vegan diets.
US politicians Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis have spearh... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Ban Cultivated Meat, as Legislative Opposition Heats Up in Election Year | 6 Mins Read Alabama has become the latest US state to take legislative action against cultivated meat, with the Senate passing a bill to ban these proteins. The bill will now move to the House of Representatives, where it could become law.
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| Feb 1, 2024 | Disassociating From the Beginning: US Senators Propose a Ban on Cultivated Meat in School Meals | 7 Mins Read Amid a flurry of proposed bans on cultivated meat in the US and around the world, two senators have now introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of cultured meat in school meals.
Just as American schoolchildren are having t... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Cultivated Meat Regulation: Where Are We? UK, Israel & Australia Forge Ahead, US & EU Fall Behind | 12 Mins Read With 2024 tipped to be a landmark year for cultivated meat regulation, we look at how the industry is faring across the world.
While some countries are stepping up their efforts to progress these novel foods, others are pushing... |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Scoop: Year-round ethanol rider push | The biofuels industry is pushing to inject support for ethanol into funding bills.
Why it matters: The D.C. ethanol crew is racing to get a win in Congress ahead of this year's presidential elections, which could determine the future of fed... |
| Jan 15, 2024 | Arizona Republicans Attempt to Ban Cultured Meat with Two New Bills | 6 Mins Read In yet another move targeted at the alternative protein industry, House representatives in Arizona have proposed bills prohibiting the “misbranding” of meat alternatives and banning cultivated meat altogether. The latter’s legis... |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein's ongoing absence allowed Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin to overturn a Biden rule reducing pollution from large trucks | Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality on November 16, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt/... |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Republican senators seek to reverse U.S. heavy-duty truck emissions rule | United States
3 minute readFebruary 9, 20235:16 PM UTCLast Updated agoRepublican senators seek to reverse U.S. heavy-duty truck emissions rule
By David Shepardson
Semi-trucks line up near Pier J to retrieve shipping containers from China-ba... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Fischer Calls for Assistance for Livestock Producers Affected by Drought | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently joined a group of her Republican colleagues in a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) ... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Support Grows for Cattle Market Agreement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are announcing growing support for the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.
The senators introduced the bil... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Fischer Leads Cattle Market Price Discovery and Transparency Bill | WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Agriculture Committee, today announced the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. Sen. Fischer has long worked to facilitate price discovery and address the ... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Fischer, Grassley, Tester, Wyden Reach Cattle Market Compromise | WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are announcing a compromise cattle market proposal, known as the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Fischer Renews Request to Meet with White House to Discuss Biofuels Agenda | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today joined a group of her Republican colleagues in requesting a meeting with President Biden and his cabinet to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard and the essential role biofuels play ... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | RFA Thanks Congressional Champions for E15 Legislation | The Renewable Fuels Association today thanked members of the House and Senate for collaborating on a legislative remedy to the recent court decision striking down year-round sales of the E15 ethanol blend. Leading the effort in the Senate a... |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Fischer Highlights for Biden Stories of Nebraska Businesses Harmed by Tariffs | WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urg... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | USDA Announces $700 Million in COVID-Relief for Biofuels Producers | WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following urging from U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $700 million in aid for biofuels producers who were hurt by ... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Fischer's HAULS Act Gains Support in Congress | Legislation Would Allow for Safe, Efficient Transport of Ag and Livestock Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following ... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | The Trump Impeachment as Precedent for Future Late Impeachments | During former President Trump’s second impeachment episode, precedents—especially the impeachment trials of former Sen. William Blount in 1798 and former Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876—featured prominently in the discussion. The q... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Hackers targeted the US government agency tasked with securing the nuclear weapons stockpile | The Department of Energy building is shown in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2015 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Hackers hit the Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration responsible for overseeing the nuclear w... |
| Mar 4, 2020 | US beef groups express concern over Brazilian produce | Announced last month (February 2020), the suspension of Brazilian fresh beef exports to the US was lifted by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) after 20 months. The product had been banned from the US over food safety and animal healt... |
| Dec 20, 2019 | Opinion: Paul Eaton: Gardner must help prevent arms race and support New START extension | By Paul Eaton
When I arrived at Fort Carson to serve as a lieutenant with the 4th Infantry Division at the beginning of my career, the world was in the middle of a nuclear arms race that had never been seen before. Russia and the United Sta... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Bipartisan Bill Tackles Shady Data Harvesting, Big Tech's Lies | A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this week aims to put an end to the kind of shady data harvesting practices that have been running rampant in the Silicon Valley and beyond for well over a decade.
Sponsored by Republi... |
| Jan 15, 2015 | The Biggest Foes of Obama's High Speed Internet Plan | President Obama's strong support for community internet networks drew sharp criticism on Wednesday from cable and telecom industry groups, as well as Republican lawmakers who called the White House's plan to boost local internet coverage an... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | U.S. lawmakers seek regulatory exemptions for some mobile medical devices and apps | By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
Legislators in the US House of Representatives and Senate are considering bills that would exempt several types of software, mobile medical devices and apps from Food and Drug Administration oversight.
Sep... |
| Hackers targeted the US government agency tasked with securing the nuclear weapons stockpile | The Department of Energy building is shown in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2015 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Hackers hit the Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration responsible for overseeing the nuclear w... |