New Bipartisan Bill Introduced in the U.S. House and Senate Proposes Innovative Solutions to the Farmland Access Crisis

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New Bipartisan Bill Introduced in the U.S. House and Senate Proposes Innovative Solutions to the Farmland Access Crisis

Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025) Today, the bipartisan New Producer Economic Security Act was introduced in the U.S. House and Senate by Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), Zach Nunn (R-IA-03), Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Don Davis (D-NC-01), Eric Sorenson (D-IL-17), Jill Tokuda (D-HI-02), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02), as well as Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), to support young farmers and ranchers in accessing farmland. […]

Rust Belt Voters aren’t all White, but Election Coverage of the Region often Ignores the Concerns of People of Color There

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Rust Belt Voters aren’t all White, but Election Coverage of the Region often Ignores the Concerns of People of Color There

Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a term that describes Midwestern industrial and manufacturing states whose economies were decimated by the decline of those industries in the 1970s. This region contains the coveted states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Many rural parts of these states have a majority of white […]