Agriculture

Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature'

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. The AFL-CIO and the

Business, labor get deal on worker program

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, labor and Senate officials

Source: Business, labor get deal on worker program

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, a person with knowledge of

USDA expanding program to fight rural poverty

By MEG KINNARDAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. officials are expanding a program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was expected in South Carolina on Tuesday to announce the expansion