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*Illinois Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday December 02, 2025 ( 2 items )  

ITA Approves Duty-Free Entry for 23 Scientific Instruments
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has approved the duty-free entry for 23 foreign-made scientific instruments sought by universities and research institutes across the U.S. concluding that no instruments of equivalent scientific value are manufactured in the U.S. The approval, issued under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966, was reached after ITA received no public comments on the matter. Th  more

USDA-NRCS State Technical Advisory Committee meeting set for Dec. 10
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * USDA-NRCS State Technical Advisory Committee meeting set for Dec. 10 * BANGOR, Maine (Dec. 1, 2025) - The USDA's State Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) meeting for Maine will be held Dec. 10, 2025, via Microsoft Teams and in-person at the USDA State Office, 967 Illinois Ave., Bangor, Maine. The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. and is open to the p  more