March 20, 2024 Farm Bill Is Safety Net in an Uncertain Ag World The farm bill’s crop insurance program helps farmers and ranchers mitigate potential financial risks of adverse market and growing conditions. State Legislatures News, Policy, Agriculture and Rural Development, State-Federal State Legislatures News
March 18, 2024 Conservation Issues Are Central to the Ongoing Farm Bill Debate Key to the debate over the farm bill are tailored, research-based conservation assistance programs that emphasize locally adaptable practices and allow farmers and ranchers to target responses to land management issues. State Legislatures News, Policy, Agriculture and Rural Development, State-Federal State Legislatures News
March 6, 2024 Supreme Court Hears Challenge to the EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Plan The Supreme Court will consider whether to limit an effort by the Environmental Protection Agency to curtail air pollution that drifts across state lines. State Legislatures News, Policy, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, State-Federal State Legislatures News
March 4, 2024 Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Stay on Colorado Ballot Only Congress can remove candidates for federal office from the presidential ballot, the U.S. Supreme Court says, overturning a Colorado Supreme Court decision that would have removed Donald Trump from that state’s primary ballot. State Legislatures News, Policy, State-Federal State Legislatures News
February 13, 2024 Food Program for Low-Income Families Faces Waiting Lists, Lower Benefits Unless Congress acts, the Agriculture Department estimates that the federal supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children will run out of funds this summer. State Legislatures News, Policy, Health, Human Services, State-Federal State Legislatures News
January 30, 2024 Supreme Court Ruling in Texas Case Could Affect Property Rights Nationwide Landowners whose properties were flooded by hurricanes after Texas built retaining walls to protect a highway are fighting for the right to sue the state for compensation. State Legislatures News, Policy, State-Federal State Legislatures News