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Ag secretary threatens to intervene, hints that agencies could lose federal funding

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins threatened to intervene to defend a Washington ranch against allegations by state regulators that it illegally filled in wetlands in arid Central Washington. The Trump administration “will not sit idly by” as ranchers Wade and Teresa King are penalized for maintaining stock-water ponds, Rollins said in a Dec. 9 letter to […]
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This Week in Washington

by Public Lands Council Country Remembers Carter & Congress Discusses Reconciliation Congress had its first full legislative week for the 119th Congress. Members took time to pay their respects to the late Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States. All living presidents were in town to pay their respects, and Congressional activity largely paused […]
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