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Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health

DES MOINES, Iowa — Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature. “We think we can mitigate extreme heat incidents and events in many of the cities.” Separately, …

Judge limits strikers’ conduct at Deere plant in Iowa

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order that details how picketing workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport must conduct themselves. In seeking the injunction Wednesday, Deere officials alleged that striking workers had disrupted access to the Davenport Works plant and put others at risk. Tom Vilsack met with striking workers Wednesday at …

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OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue up to $307 million in grants and low-interest loans in an effort to modernize rural water infrastructure, officials announced Wednesday. “Every community needs safe, reliable and modern water and wastewater systems,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement ahead of a tour at the plant run by …