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Category: Region

Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Region

Summer nights are heating up — and that’s impacting crops and livestock

by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media August 16, 2022August 16, 2022
Posted inEspañol, Labor, Region

Se prensó el pie en el trabajo. Cuando pidió una compensación por los salarios perdidos, le dijeron que no.

by Sky Chadde and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest August 9, 2022August 9, 2022
Posted inRegion

‘Dead Zone’ smaller than expected, but bigger than desired

by Josh Rosenberg, The Lens August 4, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inRegion

How year-round crops could reduce farm pollution in the Mississippi River

by Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star Tribune August 2, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inRegion

How Minnesota’s little, polluted Crow River clouds the Mississippi

by Jennifer Bjorhus, Minneapolis Star Tribune July 29, 2022August 2, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Region

A federal funding program with bipartisan support helped clean up the Great Lakes. Could it work for the Mississippi River too?

by Madeline Heim and Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 27, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inLabor, Region

Her foot was crushed on the job. When she asked to be compensated for lost wages, ‘they said no.’

by Sky Chadde and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest July 21, 2022August 9, 2022
Posted inGovernment, Region

‘Time bomb’ lead pipes set to be removed. But first water utilities have to find them

by Allison Kite, Missouri Independent June 28, 2022June 28, 2022
Posted inRegion

High water and prolonged flooding are changing the ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River, a new report finds

by Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 28, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inGovernment, Region

Opening this spring in Kansas: A high-tech lab researching livestock diseases

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest March 30, 2022April 21, 2022

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