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Blighted Housing: Inspections fail to stem poor conditions for migrant farmworkers

By Robert Holly & Claire Everett/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | April 13, 2016

An ongoing investigation by The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting has found the oversight of migrant housing is a fractured and ineffective system despite decades of reforms.

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    A roundup of news, reports, and research on agribusiness and related issues. Michigan sues 3M, DuPont over 'forever' chemicals | Crain’s Detroit Business In 2018, 3M agreed to pay Minnesota $850 million to settle a case alleging the manufacturer damaged natural resources and contaminated groundwater by disposing of the chemicals over decades.

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  • Opinion: Court correctly halts enforcement of Iowa ag gag law 2.0

    It's called the duck test.  There is some agreement that it was Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley who first coined the phrase: “When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”Many years later United Auto Workers secretary-treasurer Emil Mazey had this to say about quackery during a 1946 meeting in accusing a person of being a communist:“I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks—I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck”My personal favorite duck test came from author Douglas Adams in his book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: “I commend you on your skepticism, but even the skeptical mind must be prepared to accept the unacceptable when there is no alternative.

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    (Washington, D.C., January 15, 2020) - U.S. Secretary Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the historic Phase One Trade Agreement between the United States and China: "This agreement is proof President Trump's negotiating strategy is working. While it took China a long time to realize President Trump was serious, this China Phase I Deal is a huge success for the entire economy.

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