CHICAGO, Illinois, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Next week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin investigating sediment impacts in the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern in Gary, Indiana. EPA is investing more than $3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the project in a cost-sharing partnership with United States Steel Corp. EPA and U.S. Steel will sample sediment and water from the Marquette Park Lagoons, Grand Ca  more

LENEXA, Kansas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) penalized Logan Agri-Service Inc. for allegedly repackaging pesticide products, in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The Illinois-based pesticide dealer, which operates a branch in Paris, Missouri, will pay a civil penalty of $74,806. According to EPA, employees at Logan Agri-Services' Paris branch were repackaging p  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: The April Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 122.5, increased 0.2 percent from March but decreased 6.3 percent from April 2023. At 101.4, the Crop Production Index was up 1.6 percent from last month but down 20 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 142.6, decreased 1.3 per  more