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Buttigieg highlights Charlotte’s ‘great track record’ in transportation as city receives $15 million to build new transit hub

During a visit to Charlotte on Dec. 2, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the public transportation system of North Carolina’s largest city is going to benefit from the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.



California chemical company hit with $200,000 fine for safety violations

JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. has been assessed a $200,000 fine by the Environmental Protection Agency for safety violations at its Torrance, CA facility.


Record-setting wildfire season prompts adaptation to 'new normal'

The head of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire said in his report that 2021 yielded another record-setting wildfire season, acknowledging the existence of a new normal.


University educators receive national accolades for excellence in agricultural sciences teaching, student engagement.

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recently announced the recipients of this year’s Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences and National Teaching and Student Engagement awards.


Garland memo instructs departments to aid military veterans

On the eve of Veterans Day earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memo instructing various departments to aid servicemembers – active or not – and their families with their legal needs.


Haaland announces steps to protect land in New Mexico's 'sacred' Chaco Canyon

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently announced steps the Bureau of Land Management will take to segregate land in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico for proposed federal withdrawal.


NIFA investment to fund research to help 'agricultural workers with disabilities '

A $1.2 million-plus National Institute of Food and Agriculture investment will fund research to help people with disabilities who work in the agricultural sector.


Two Denver Zoo hyenas are first in world to contract COVID-19

Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo earlier this month were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.


USDA continues to accept hemp surveys

Those who haven’t completed the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey still have time to do so, according to the federal government agency.


$3 million made available to rural, tribal communities through USDA program

Thirteen organizations will receive $3 million in cooperative agreements to make it easier for people in rural communities and tribal nations to find substantial employment, the federal Department of Agriculture said Nov. 8.


$7 million USDA funding to tribal-serving colleges 'supports crucial, innovate research.'

A $7 million investment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture will go toward research projects at tribal-serving Colleges and Universities to address specific needs of tribal communities.


USDA: $20 million award will 'provide much-needed support small dairy farms and businesses'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $20 million into the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives to support efforts at three universities and a food and marketing agency.


Haaland runs Boston Marathon to commemorate Indigenous People's Day

To commemorate Indigenous People’s Day, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland went for a run.


Bureau of Land Management photographer Wick retires

Bob Wick, whose work captured the beauty and majesty of the nation’s diverse natural wonders, retired from his position as a photographer for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management in July.