Agriculture

Beltway Confidential

Congressman calls for Endangered Species Act protection for farmers

Philip Klein -

July 7, 2015 11:49 pm

A tailgater barbeques meat in the parking lot prior to the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders football game at O.co Coliseum on December 7, 2014 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Healthcare

USDA launches Twitter campaign on safe grilling for July 4th

Susan Crabtree -

July 2, 2015 5:13 pm

A worker milks a cow at the Alvorada Ranch in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Maurilio Cheli)

Energy and Environment

Enviros worry Brazilian beef imports could serve up a side of Amazon tree-cutting

Zack Colman -

July 1, 2015 4:01 am

n the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is scheduled to release decisions with sweeping ramifications. The rulings on same-sex marriage and Obamacare subsidies are the most anticipated. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The last three Supreme Court decisions we’re waiting for

Philip Klein -

June 26, 2015 3:30 pm

Irrigation pipes sit along a dried irrigation canal in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Energy and Environment

California Republicans propose drought relief bill

Zack Colman -

June 25, 2015 6:27 pm

A school lunch featuring a grilled cheese sandwich on whole grain bread served with a southwestern-style corn salad, fresh carrots and either canned pears or apple sauce is shown Monday, May 5, 2014, at Mirror Lake Elementary School in Federal Way, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Education

Bland school lunch? Bring salt and pepper

Nathan Rubbelke -

June 24, 2015 8:38 pm

Blighted property lies June 27, 2005 in downtown New London, Connecticut.Â Today, the land that was once the Fort Trumbull neighborhood of New London, Conn., is a field of rubble. The brilliant plans of the powerful planners failed. They had torn down a neighborhood to make it nicer for a new Pfizer plant. Pfizer left the plant a few years later. Nothing has taken the place of Fort Trumbull.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Business

Property rights are for the little guy: Raisins and Kelo at 10 years

Timothy P. Carney -

June 23, 2015 9:03 pm

(By Scott Ehardt, via Wikimedia Commons)

Opinion

Long live property rights, down with Uncle Sam’s raisin cartel

Washington Examiner -

June 23, 2015 4:01 am

Raisin farmer Marvin Horne stands in a field of grapevines planted in 1918 next to his home April, 10, 2006 in Kerman, Calif. (AP Photo)Â

Politics

Supreme Court: Raisin rules violate property rights

Robert King -

June 22, 2015 3:44 pm

Throughout the summer, wildlife biologists conduct nighttime surveys to learn more about the many bats that live in the Coconino National Forest. Scientists gather information about species, population, and habitat. This bat from the genus Myotis is having its wing examined. (USDA Forest Service,Â Coconino National Forest)

Politics

USDA festival highlights importance of bats and bees

Nathan Rubbelke -

June 19, 2015 10:09 pm

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