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USDA Announces Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Funding Awarded to Illinois

Silence DoGood - September 7, 2023

The funding to Illinois is part of a total of $72.9 million in non-competitive FY 2023 SCBGP funding... #farming

Politics

State Rep. Adam Niemerg Pens Letter Asking Gov. Pritzker to Help With Effort to Increase Estate Tax Exemption

Silence DoGood - September 1, 2022

Niemerg has introduced legislation (HB 5230) to double the exemption from $4 million to $8 million, but the bill was never even assigned to a legislative committee for a hearing.

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OpEd: Senator Patrick Joyce (August 2022)

Senator Partick Joyce - August 29, 2022

I am a lifetime member of Future Farmers of America, and I was proud to work this year with the Illinois Secretary of State to issue special license plates to help support FFA programming.

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Darren Bailey Schools J.B. Pritzker in the Meaning of Work: Video

Silence DoGood - August 15, 2022

"You're the trust fund kid on the school playground pushing all the regular kids around and making fun of their bagged lunches."

Community

Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them

by ProPublica - October 18, 2021

The Sweet Fern Savanna Land and Water Reserve, in the heart of Pembroke Township, Illinois, offers a glimpse into what much of the area looked like before European settlers drained swamps and cleared forests to grow corn and soybeans.

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