Undocumented Immigrants Have Big Impact on Idaho Agriculture; ‘City of Denver’ Instagram Identity?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Changes to Ohio’s sex offender registry could be coming; San Francisco budget “rebalancing”; don’t feed New York City’s raccoons.
New Rule in Maine Would Block Food Stamp Benefits for Lottery Winners
Gov. Paul LePage’s administration announced the measure on Tuesday. It will target winners of $5,000 or more in one month.
Flesh-Eating Worms Have Returned to Florida
Increased trade with Cuba might have brought screwworms back to the U.S. after they were eradicated in the states in 1982.
Route Fifty Roadmap: Montana Touts Home-Grown Effort to Deal With Hops Shortage
Craft brewing is big business in Big Sky Country. Will hops production take root and flourish, too?
Route Fifty Roadmap: Venturing Into the Heart of Sunflower Country
Harvest time nears in a desolate part of South Dakota, traditionally the nation’s most productive area for sunflowers.
Verifying 'Connecticut-Grown' Produce’s Legitimacy; Kentucky’s Governor Grows a Beard
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Ride-hailing supplants taxis at Phoenix airport; a Richmond City Council candidate’s Facebook flub; and Cleveland eyes income tax increase.
After Interstate Crashes and Closures, Arizona Turns to ‘Gorilla Snot’ for Dust Control
The state is working with a landowner to keep soil from blowing off of hundreds of acres of tilled farmland.
Immigration: Down in Farm Country, Up in Some Cities
Many high-tech centers, like Seattle, are seeing more immigration than they did 10 years ago. At the same time, a drop in immigration to rural agricultural counties has led to critical farm labor shortages.
States Struggle to Provide Housing for Migrant Farmworkers
Unsanitary and crowded living conditions pose risks to migrant workers’ health, increasing their vulnerability to everything from infectious diseases to heat strokes. In a handful of states, efforts are underway to improve living conditions for these workers.
New Food Safety Law Gives States a Big Role
Growers of fresh fruit and vegetables will soon be subject to food safety regulations for the first time. States will start to decide this year if they will enforce the law or leave it to the federal government.
Comparing Kansas to Its Neighbors
Personal income estimates slid downward in 57 of the Sunflower State's 105 counties in 2014. But adjacent states didn't see similar declines.
Colorado Rolls Out Major Draft Water Plan; Yellowstone Plans to Kill 1,000 Buffalo
Also: Chicago shutters three charter schools, and Phoenix is not the worst of the nation’s ‘urban heat islands’
Counties Must Identify Their Best Assets If They Want Sustainable Growth
A series of NACo summits also encouraged counties to develop homegrown businesses and entrepreneurs, rather than looking to lure a ‘big fish’ company.
A Northern California County Pushes Farming Incentives for Vacant and Blighted Plots
Santa Clara County takes advantage of a state law that green-lighted urban agriculture.
Ways States Are Trying to Counter Rural Flight
Population loss in much of rural, small-town America has accelerated in recent years, prompting states and localities to offer incentives and share services to counter a dwindling tax base.
Drought-Fueled ‘Self Deportation’ in California; Ashley Madison Hack’s Municipal Targets
Also: Aging Twin Cities suburbs go begging for subsidies and a look at where Confederate flag rallies have taken place.
Can Maine Lead New England to a Farming Renaissance?
Encouraging trends offer hope that the region can produce much more of the food it consumes.
Federal Judge Rules That Idaho’s 'Ag-Gag' Law Is Unconstitutional
A handful of other states have similar laws designed to suppress agriculture industry whistleblowers.
How Can Local Governments Help California’s Farmers Save Water?
Agricultural interests insist they’re doing their part but most growers don’t use efficient drip agriculture and several counties have banned drought-tolerant crops.
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