Segments From This Episode

• What to expect from the 2023 Farm Bill

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Advocates for everything from nutrition programs to tribal food sovereignty to climate and sustainability initiatives will be keeping an eye on the bill next year.

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• Federal agency that oversees unions will get first funding boost in a decade

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The National Labor Relations Board’s resources have been stretched thin at a time when union organizing is surging.

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• Which products — and people — are left out of the FSA bonanza?

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The end-of-year deadline often means a rush to buy eligible items, like thermometers, pain relievers and feminine hygiene products.

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• In the West Texas oil patch, a boom in drilling has led to a growing number of earthquakes

  by Travis Bubenik

  

  After multiple near-record Texas earthquakes, oil and gas regulators say they’re stepping up efforts to reduce quakes triggered by industry activity.

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• Can Mediterranean search and rescue NGOs survive in 2023?

  by Frey Lindsay

  

  The job of finding and rescuing people in the Mediterranean Sea has been carried out by charities since EU member states stopped their operations. But with spiralling fuel costs and competition for donations with other humanitarian causes, one NGO is concerned for the future of its funding.

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• Truckers aren’t too enthused about an AI revolution

  by Kimberly Adams and Sarah Leeson

  

  Autonomous vehicle tech has advanced quite a bit, but we’re nowhere close to replacing truck drivers with AI yet ― and we probably don’t want to.

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