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Allison Winter

Allison Winter

Allison Winter is a Washington D.C. correspondent for States Newsroom, a network of state-based nonprofit news outlets that includes the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.

The farm bill is on the verge of expiring. Congress is months away from a new version.

By: - September 26, 2023

WASHINGTON — As the deadline for Congress to pass a new farm bill looms this weekend, staff members of the House and Senate Agriculture committees say it will be months – if not longer – until they reach agreement on a new bill. Lawmakers must rewrite the sweeping farm bill every five years to set […]

USDA’s climate grants for farms and forests run into Republican buzzsaw

By: - August 14, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is spending more than $3 billion to cultivate more American farmers and forest landowners as partners to mitigate climate change — even while some Republicans on Capitol Hill try to stop the program entirely. The administration launched a new farm program, Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities, this year. It is […]

Summer wildfire threat could imperil unexpected U.S. regions: the Northeast and Midwest

By: - June 29, 2023

A June 22 update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows a map blotted in drought warnings from Virginia to Vermont and over much of the Midwest.

Climate funding could suffer in the farm bill under GOP control of Congress

By: - November 6, 2022

WASHINGTON — Republicans who may be taking control of Congress in next week’s midterm elections have not been very specific about many policy goals—but the farm bill is an exception. Members of the GOP in the U.S. House and Senate are sending strong signals they want to strip climate funding from the massive legislation in 2023 […]

Clash over climate change funding emerging in farm bill debate on Capitol Hill

By: - September 22, 2022

Republicans cast climate priorities as deference to ‘new world religion.’

Farm bill season arrives: What’s the outlook for 2023?

By: - August 14, 2022

U.S. Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson, R-15th District, could help lead the debate in the House next year if the GOP prevails in the midterms.

As aging farmers retire, lawmakers explore how to boost beginning producers

By: - July 18, 2022

WASHINGTON —  More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places. “Farming is inherently a risky business, but in […]

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Lower insulin co-pays, list prices targeted in new bipartisan U.S. Senate bill

By: - July 1, 2022

'Too many Americans are forced to ration their insulin, forced to decide what else to pay for, which puts their health and lives in danger. It is time for this to change,' U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said.

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Federal lawmakers aim to crack down on ‘dark patterns’ that trick users online

By: - June 29, 2022

The legislation would place limits on how internet firms with over 100M monthly users could ask for information

U.S. House Ag panel mulls safety net changes in farm bill amid soaring costs

By: - June 10, 2022

U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15th District,  said he wants to pay special consideration to the margins for farmers as members work on the next farm bill.

Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases could curb colleges’ use of affirmative action

By: - March 31, 2022

The high court's conservative majority could reshape the college admissions process.

Offshore wind industry leaders ask Congress to back long-term plans to increase production

By: - October 22, 2021

“The U.S. offshore wind  industry is a game changer for renewable energy and our efforts to combat climate change,” U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, D-18th District, said.