The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture:. The deadline for fall acreage certification is Nov. 16. The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program provides financial assistance for losses from natural disasters on crops for which no permanent federal crop insurance is available.

The following information was released by the Competitive Enterprise Institute:. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates. Congress passed a Russia sanctions bill that gives President Trump more tariff authority.

The American Dental Association recently urged Congress to increase oversight of dental insurance markets, citing concerns over market concentration, AI-driven claim denials, and network leasing practices. The association also cautioned lawmakers against applying regulations designed for large hospital systems to independent dental practices.

The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:. Ellen is a lead Treasury advisor in the markets group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She joins us today to discuss all things Treasury market and her ongoing work in that project.

The following information was released by the Cato Institute:. Following today's decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, I wanted to share the following reaction from the Cato Institute's Jai Kedia, a research fellow with the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives:. "The Fed raised rates by 25 basis points today in response to inflation…

–The Federal Reserve board’ s recent decision to raise interest rates a quarter point may have expensive implications for Illinois taxpayers. Professor Justin Marlowe, director of the Center for Municipal Finance at the University of Chicago’ s Harris School of Public Policy, said state and local governments are already borrowing at higher interest rates…

—A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that the central bank may have to cause economic pain in the form of higher unemployment to combat stubbornly high inflation. Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said in a speech in London that the Fed is facing a series of persistent supply shocks that have driven up inflation, including…

Donalds counters on the campaign trail and in a television ad that Jolly's plan would institute a $1,000 "hurricane tax" on Florida families. The Donalds campaign cites a recently published study from Florida State University as the source of its contention that Jolly's plan would blow a hole in Florida voters' pockets if approved. But that FSU study isn't based…

POTSDAM– The village board is getting into a new retiree insurance policy that would keep the current level of coverage but save the village about $50,000 per year. “We’ ve been reviewing our options, and have identified a plan that we believe will be more cost effective to the village,” Village Administrator Isabelle Gates-Shult said during the Sept. 8 village…