US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees
A U.S. board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's layoffs of the federal workforce.
Thousands of USDA Staff Temporarily Reinstated by Appeals Board
Thousands of Department of Agriculture employees terminated under the Trump administration will return to their positions for now, after an independent commission said their firing broke the laws that shield career staff from political influence.
Judge Rules Trump Doesn't Have the Power to Fire a Civil Service Board Member 'At Will'
A federal judge in Washington has ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to attempt to fire a member of the board responsible for protecting federal government employees from pol
Court Permanently Blocks Trump From Firing Civil Service Board Member: Here’s Where Trump’s Winning—And Losing—In Court
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from firing a board member overseeing protections to federal workers—potentially teeing up the case being sent to the Supreme Court—the latest in a string of court rulings involving Trump and cost-cutting czar Elon Musk’s sweeping changes across the federal government.
US judge blocks Trump from firing government workplace board's chair
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican U.S. President Donald Trump from firing the Democratic chair of a U.S. agency that hears appeals by federal government employees when they are fired or disciplined.
Trump illegally removed member of board protecting government employees, judge rules
President Donald Trump unlawfully removed a member of a federal office that protects government employees from partisan interference, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Rate of bird flu spread declining, despite two recent backyard infections in Northeast Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The spike in bird flu cases that has ravaged commercial poultry operations in western Ohio appears to be ...
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Trump's Secretary of Agriculture: Raise Chickens Like I Do to Combat Surging Egg Prices
Trump administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently addressed rising egg prices, suggesting that Americans ...
U.S. Agriculture Department suspends scholarships for students at historically Black colleges
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and ...
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Lancaster County farmers face a triple whammy of threats: tariffs, bird flu and federal funding cuts [editorial]
Farmers now must deal with a triple whammy of tariffs, bird flu and a decimated federal support infrastructure. The pain ...
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Advancing agriculture in the first state
Mark Isaacs, long-time director of Carvel Research and Education Center, concludes a UD career filled with impact ...
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Montana Ag Network: Jillian Streit brings experience, vision to Montana Department of Agriculture
Women have always played an integral role in agriculture, and that is evident in Montana. In January, Governor Greg Gianforte named Jillien Streit to lead the Montana Department of Agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture growing in Pennsylvania
Sustainable agriculture is growing in Pennsylvania. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, sustainable ...
Government watchdog wants thousands of federal workers to be reinstated
A government watchdog wants more than 5,000 probationary employees to be reinstated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.