As new AI data centers spread across rural Oklahoma, residents are raising concerns about water use, secrecy and a loophole ...

About a third of counties most dependent on farm labor for their economies had ICE arrests in 2025, more than in previous ...

The hunt was on. Having just returned to power in early 2025, President Trump had ordered agencies to root out government spending that promoted, in his view, “gender ideology extremism.” The problem ...

Data center construction is shifting toward rural America. At the same time, rural residents report greater concern than ...

Some U.S. lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation to reverse the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down last week that overturned years of precedent by limiting consumer lawsuits ...

State and local governments have paid more than half a billion dollars in tax breaks to meat processing companies over nearly 20 years to attract new processing plants, as industry-wide transformation ...

Crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S. soybean exports — is once again placing orders after a trade ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule next month on whether lawsuits can be brought against pesticide and herbicide makers over claims their products have caused cancer. The court heard arguments ...

Investigate Midwest has welcomed two new summer interns. Caspar Dowdy joins Investigate Midwest as a reporting intern through the Scripps Howard Fund’s nonprofit newsroom internship program. Paloma ...