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☆ Here’s how much more you’ll spend on your Fourth of July BBQ this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Americans feeding a group of 10 this holiday weekend will spend an average of $71.22, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The American Farm Bureau found the price of two pounds of ground beef will cost an average of $12.77 this year, up 11% from a year ago. As inflation skyrocketed across the economy in 2022, the American Farm Bureau estimated a 17% year-over-year spike in the cost of a Fourth of July cookout. The American Farm Bureau notes that, on an inflation-adjusted basis, this summer’s BBQ bill is 5% lower than the record set in 2022. The cheapest Fourth of July barbecue bill is in the Northeast at $63.54, according to the American Farm Bureau.

Persons: New York CNN —, It’s, grillers Organizations: New, New York CNN, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Farm Bureau, Consumers Locations: New York

☆ Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Allison Gordon | Casey Tolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Hamm also donated $50 million toward Burgum’s effort to build a presidential library honoring Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota. CNBC first reported on Burgum’s financial ties with Continental, and the Associated Press previously reported on the politics of the Summit pipeline debate. Gaylen Dewing and Marvin Abraham put up a sign opposing the Summit pipeline east of Bismarck, N.D. in August 2023. Supporters say it will be an economic driver for North Dakota and help reduce emissions across the Midwest. North Dakota landowner Kurt Swenson attends a court hearing related to the pipeline project.

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☆ A stranger fat-shamed me while I was grocery shopping. It taught me a valuable lesson about how I'm perceived.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Melissa Drake | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. The man who fat-shamed me at a grocery store in Irvine, California, bounced into the store, wearing his too-short shorts and a tank top that revealed his contoured abs. I was shocked when the stranger called out my weightI remember lighting up when I saw this man and greeting him with a huge smile. It was an eye-opening encounterFor nearly four years since that interaction, I've pondered what was different about that day and why my interaction with him was so unlike every other interaction I've had in California. And you better believe I said those exact dreaded words, "You don't need those," to myself while shopping for cookies.

Persons: intently, Melissa Drake, I'd, I've, who've, Sir Fat Shamer, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Irvine , California, California, Midwest

If you spend a lot of time at home, that can be difficult without an air conditioner — that's why this incredible deal on the Black+Decker Portable Air Conditioner is so worth it. View at AmazonIn our guide to the best portable air conditioner, we love this model for its versatility year-round. EcoFlow Wave 2 Portable Air Conditioner $1,199.00 $2,237.00 Save 46% The EcoFlow Wave 2 is the best battery-powered portable air conditioner we've tested. View at AmazonFrigidaire Inverter Window Room Air Conditioner (FHWW145WE1) $566.00 $629.00 Save 10% The Frigidaire Inverter Window Room Air Conditioner (FHWW145WE1) is the best air conditioner for large rooms, decreasing our sizable test room by four degrees in an hour and featuring an easy setup. View at AbtFriedrich Zoneaire Portable Air Conditioner (ZCP12DB) $779.00 $889.00 Save 12% The dual-hose Friedrich Zoneaire Portable Air Conditioner did the best job cooling and was the quietest portable air conditioner we tested.

Persons: It's, Abt Friedrich, Friedrich Organizations: Business, EcoFlow, Energy, Abt, Madison, Amazon Prime Locations: Midwest, Northeast

☆ Record summer travel is starting. What it means for airline fares and flight delays
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Kaya Ginsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Mario Tama | Getty ImagesSummer air travel is expected to soar in the United States. Last summer, a record-breaking summer for airports, there were air traffic jams and near collisions amid challenges in flight coordination. Based on air traffic patterns and airport density, New York City and Florida are subject to the highest risk of backups. "There is still a shortage of air traffic controllers, but it hasn't led to the worst outcomes that we were expecting when we were talking about the shortage of air traffic control workers even a year ago." With production delays, airlines pay billions to fly less fuel-efficient and more costly and aged jets.

Persons: DAL AAL, Mario Tama, —, Ed Bastian, CNBC's, Robert Isom, Guy, Clint Henderson, Henderson, They've, hasn't Organizations: Los Angeles International Airport, Getty, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Boeing, weren't, Delta Air, American, Federal Aviation Administration, Atmospheric Administration, Midwest, Goods, United Airlines, American Airlines, ATC, Independence, Customs, Flyers, FAA, Airbus, Labor, Southwest Airlines Locations: Los Angeles , California, United States, East Coast, U.S, New York City, Florida

☆ A Gen Xer relocated from Austin to rural Arkansas thanks to a $16,000 mover incentive that helped pay his mortgage. Now he's enjoying the 'good, hometown living.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Papa Johns recently opened in Osceola, Arkansas — and Britt Lorino is thrilled about it. Despite raising their family in Austin, Lorino and his wife decided to settle in Mississippi County because of its mover incentives. Program leaders told BI that they have attracted 80 new homeowners since Work Here, Live Here launched in 2022. Their adult children still live in Austin, and Lorino said his son can't afford a home there. He isn't sure if he and his wife will live in Mississippi County forever, but they plan to stay for several years.

Persons: —, Papa Johns, Osceola , Arkansas —, Britt Lorino, Lorino, It's, everything's, Austin — Organizations: Service, Business, Big, Steel, US Steel, Big River Steel ., Midwest, Osceola Locations: Osceola , Arkansas, Osceola, Memphis, Austin, Mississippi County, Houston, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Rural Mississippi County, there's, . Osceola

☆ Here's how inflation has ratcheted up the cost of basics like housing and food for families across the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

ALICE Americans make above the federal poverty level but not enough to comfortably afford all their daily expenses, often making too much to qualify for government assistance. The ALICE Essentials Index, which includes housing, childcare, food, transportation, healthcare, and technology costs, has risen by a projected 7.3% annually from 2021 to 2023; comparatively, CPI has risen by 6.1%. The ALICE Essentials Index for rural areas was slightly higher than that for urban areas, at 7.5% and 7.2%, respectively. "Long before everybody else was upset about inflation, ALICE was dealing with inflation," Hoopes said. Still, ALICE Americans tend to be overrepresented in these roles, as many pay below the ALICE threshold of about $55,000 a year.

Persons: —, ALICE —, ALICE Americans, ALICE, Stephanie Hoopes, United For ALICE, Hoopes, There's Organizations: Service, Business, CPI, United For, United Locations: West, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Midwest, Northeast

☆ A Gen Zer who moved to Indianapolis, where she pays less than $1,700 in rent, shares the pros of living in 'a big city with small-town charm.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She also resided in New York City, and she has studied abroad and worked in Italy. Now working and living in Indianapolis, Ball doesn't see herself leaving this Midwest city soon. With a population of over 800,000, Ball finds Indianapolis is "a big city with small-town charm." "There was just something really charming about the city," Ball said. Courtesy of Milan BallShe does miss getting around via subway in New York City and finds it tough not having a car to get around in Indianapolis.

Persons: —, she's, Ball, Zers, Indiana University Lilly, I'm, didn't, Ball's, Milan Organizations: Service, Business, Midwest Ball, Indianapolis, Indiana University, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Innovation, Public Locations: Indianapolis, Virginia, New York City, Italy, Midwest, New York, Washington, DC, York, Williamsburg, White

☆ ‘The Last Safe Abortion:’ Photos show a rarely seen side of abortion care work
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Santoro’s death was one of many — all too many — which activists and healthcare workers sought to avoid by legalizing abortions and abortion care in the United States. Carmen Winant’s new photobook, “The Last Safe Abortion,” also seeks to memorialize the labor, advocacy and community-building of abortion care providers and women’s health care workers in the near-50-year period that the right to an abortion was legally protected across the US. “The Last Safe Abortion,” seeks to memorialize the labor, advocacy and community-building of abortion care providers and women’s health care workers in the near-50-year period that the right to an abortion was legally protected across the US. Carmen Winant/SPBH EditionsThough particularly salient at this time, Winant’s book isn’t a direct response to the Roe repeal, she told CNN. Notably, none show strife or confrontations with protestors, in contrast to the visual narratives that often surround abortion care.

Persons: Gerri Santoro, Santoro’s, Court’s Roe, Wade, Carmen Winant’s, ”, Carmen Winant, Roe, “, ” Winant, Winant, Emma Goldman, —, Harriet, ‘ Organizations: CNN, Magazine, Ohio State University, Modern, Emma Goldman Clinic, Chicago History Museum, Medical, Midwest, Clinic, Iowa, University of Iowa Locations: Norwich , Connecticut, United States, Chicago, Ohio

☆ How the Midwest Floods Nearly Took Out a Century-Old Dam
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Rapidan Dam, a feature of the southern Minnesota landscape for more than a century, was “in imminent failure condition.”“We do not know if it will totally fail or if it will remain in place,” officials said on Monday as dead trees and other debris piled up at the dam and floods overwhelmed the Upper Midwest. At one point, a support structure alongside the dam partly failed and gushing waters carved out a nearby cliff. Video footage showed a nearby building collapsing on itself and being sucked into the river. But by Tuesday, the main part of the dam was intact, and water flows were beginning to slow. “The Rapidan Dam, we think, is going to continue to hold up,” Bob Jacobson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said late Tuesday afternoon after state officials flew over the dam to survey the damage.

Persons: ” Bob Jacobson, ” Organizations: Minnesota Department of Public Locations: Minnesota, Midwest

☆ Crews Race to Fortify Levees as Floods Swallow Midwestern Towns
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Midwestern towns were racing this week to strengthen their levee systems as rising rivers enveloped homes, drowned farmland and led to daring water rescues across three states. In Iowa, where hundreds of properties were destroyed, rivers were receding in some places but still rising in others. And in South Dakota, where one death was linked to the floods and some residents were advised to leave their homes, Gov. The Midwest has faced a range of weather extremes over the past several years, including record-breaking floods in 2019, persistent drought and relentless rainstorms this month. As climate change causes the planet to warm, such events will become more common, scientists say.

Persons: Kristi Noem, ” Jason Westcott Organizations: National Guard Locations: In Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Union County, S.D

☆ I'm single and childless and I can't afford to retire in California. To afford the life I want, I'm moving to the South.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( L.A. Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I'm afraid because California, where I live, is just too expensive, and I can't afford to retire here. I can't afford CaliforniaI considered staying put in Los Angeles, in the apartment I've lived in for the past 20 years. The decision was made, I then had to determine what part of the US I'm willing to move to. I like the Midwest, but after 30 years in California, I can't do long winters anymore. Having a comfortable retirement is important to me, and I'm willing to explore other parts of the country to ensure it.

Persons: It's, Black, it's, — Organizations: Service, AARP Locations: California, Los Angeles, Southern California, Detroit, East Coast

☆ Floods Force Rescues in Iowa and South Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Yan Zhuang | More About Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than a million people in the Upper Midwest were under flood warnings early Sunday morning, after days of heavy rain caused major flooding, forced evacuations and led to rescues in Iowa and South Dakota. The flood warnings were in place for rivers in parts of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the warnings were scheduled to end later on Sunday; others were in effect until further notice. In Iowa, several rivers have been peaking above levels reported during a 1993 flood that left 50 dead across the Midwest, according to that state’s governor, Kim Reynolds. In South Dakota, torrential rain has fallen across the central and eastern parts of the state for three days, and some areas have received up to 18 inches.

Persons: Kim Reynolds Locations: Upper Midwest, Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois , Iowa , Nebraska , Minnesota , Nebraska, Wisconsin

☆ U.S.Heat Wave Enters 7th Day, but End Is in Sight: Updates and News
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The end of the unusually early heat wave that gripped much of the United States over the past seven days is in sight. Baltimore reached 101 degrees, breaking the daily high temperature record of 100 degrees, set in 1988. And in Dulles, Va., the temperature reached 100 degrees, breaking the previous record of 99 degrees, also set in 1988. The National Weather Service warned that the heat wave could be the longest experienced in decades for some locations. The health consequences of this heat wave are starting to show up in the data.

Organizations: National Weather Service, Washington , D.C, Baltimore, Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, States, East Coast, Washington ,, New York, Dulles, Va, New England, Ohio, Detroit, Chicago

☆ A millennial couple who ditched van life to buy a $150,000 hoarder house said it's worth it. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Drew and Becky Bidlen are college sweethearts who spent three years traveling the US in a van. After the birth of their daughter, they ditched van life to buy a $150,000 old home in Indianapolis. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The couple are college sweethearts from the Midwest who met during college in Ohio. It was somewhere new for the pair, which awakened an "adventurous spirit" in both of them, Becky told Business Insider.

Persons: Drew, Becky Bidlen, —, Becky, Drew Bidlen Organizations: Service, Midwest, Business Locations: Indianapolis, Ohio, South Carolina

☆ Heat-Related Illnesses Spiked in Some Regions This Week, C.D.C. Data Shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Heat-related emergency room visits spiked this week in regions of the United States that had been hit the hardest by the heat wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Across swaths of New England, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic states, there were “extremely high” rates of heat-related illnesses this week, the C.D.C.’s heat and health tracker showed. The data used emergency room visits associated with the heat to determine the rise in heat-related illnesses, showing which areas had visits that exceeded the 95th percentile of what is typical there. In New England, the number of visits climbed from 57 per 100,000 on Monday, the first day of the heat wave, to 833 on Thursday — the highest rate in the country all week. Caribou, Maine, reached 96 degrees this week, tying the highest temperature ever recorded there.

Organizations: Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, New England, Midwest, In New England, Boston, Hartford, Conn, Caribou , Maine

☆ Heat Wave Updates: News and Forecast as Scorching Temperatures Continue
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Kate Selig | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The city could see temperatures in the high 90s or above on Saturday. Credit... Hannah Beier for The New York TimesOn the first weekend of summer, a brutal heat wave now entering its sixth day will scorch large swaths of the country. The heat index in New York City is forecast to reach 96 degrees on Saturday and then 99 degrees on Sunday. Already, the city has recorded temperatures it hasn’t seen in almost two years, with Central Park hitting 94 degrees on Friday. Though the heat wave will not fade over the weekend, conditions are expected to cool slightly on Monday.

Persons: Hannah Beier, Graham Dickie Organizations: Philadelphia Zoo, ., The New York Times, Washington , D.C, New York Times, Central Park, National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control Locations: Midwest, Ohio Valley, Southern Plains, Utah , Nevada, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington ,, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Manhattan, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Fresno, Calif, Wichita, Kan, Tampa, Fla

☆ Nearly 100 Million Under Temperature Advisories as Heat Wave Lingers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Liam Stack | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The heat shattered temperature records and altered daily routines from the Midwest river valleys to the pine forests of New England, and left roughly one-third of Americans under extreme heat advisories, warnings or watches on Thursday, according to the National Integrated Heat Health Information System. In rural Indiana, sheriff’s deputies conducted wellness checks on older residents. And in the New York region, students left school early — some because their schools closed at midday, and others because worried parents took matters into their own hands. Simone Machado pulled her son Bryan, 10, out of school at Ann Street Elementary School in Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, early on Thursday because of the heat. By the time she got there, a bright red heat rash had already bloomed across his neck.

Persons: sheriff’s, Simone Machado, Bryan Organizations: National, Ann Street Elementary School Locations: United States, New England, Indiana, In Maine, New York, Newark, New Jersey

☆ New ‘Detective Work’ on Butterfly Declines Reveals a Prime Suspect
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Catrin Einhorn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

While a growing body of research shows decreases in many insect populations, it has been hard for scientists to disentangle the possible causes. Are insects suffering from habitat loss as natural areas are plowed and paved? The latest insight comes from a study on butterflies in the Midwest, published on Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE. Especially detrimental, the researchers found, was a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids that are absorbed into the tissues of plants. “It’s a story about unintended consequences,” said Scott Swinton, a professor of agricultural economics at Michigan State University and one of the study’s authors.

Persons: ”, Scott Swinton Organizations: Michigan State University

☆ Is it too hot to be outside? Plug in your ZIP code to check your city's 'heat risk'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The CDC and National Weather Service launched a map to forecast heat-related impacts across the US. It uses a five-tier color-numeric scale to indicate potential heat risks in your area. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWith temperatures rising alongside your electric bills, the CDC and National Weather Service launched a HeatRisk map to help you determine whether you can handle the heat. By plugging in your ZIP code, you can find out just how scorching your area will be for the next seven days — and the possible risks.

Persons: — Organizations: CDC, National Weather Service, Service, Business Locations: Midwest, Northeast

☆ First tropical storm of the season heads for Texas as extreme heat wave hits the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The United States was buffeted by extreme weather Wednesday, with Texas bracing for the first tropical storm of the hurricane season while the Northeast still faced a major heat wave. Southern Texas braced for a major storm to hit late Wednesday into Thursday, with considerable flash flooding likely, according to forecasters. The weather system, currently named Potential Tropical Cyclone One, is expected to be upgraded and renamed Tropical Storm Alberto by the time it makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Mexico early Thursday. The National Weather Center office in Houston said at 4:30 a.m. CT (5.:30 a.m. Greg Abbott ordered the state Division of Emergency Management to put the Texas State Emergency Operations Center to a readiness of level 2, meaning it began 24-hour operations.

Persons: Alberto, Greg Abbott, Michelle Grossman, Grossman, Michael Monds Organizations: Tropical, National Weather Center, National Hurricane Center, Ciudad Victoria, Texas Gov, Emergency Management, Emergency, Center, Texans, Texas, M, Service, Texas National Guard, Chinook, NBC Locations: States, Texas, Northeast, Southern Texas, Gulf Coast, Mexico, Luis, Rio, Corpus Christi, Houston, Monterrey, New England, Bangor , Maine, Syracuse , New York

☆ Unrelenting Heat Stifles Millions of Americans for 3rd Consecutive Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Christina Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the Midwest to the northern tip of Maine, millions of Americans sweltered under a springtime heat wave on Wednesday that stifled the Eastern portion of the United States for a third consecutive day. As the heat wave moved east, the Northeast felt the brunt of the conditions, stemming from a high-pressure system called a heat dome that scorched the Great Lakes region earlier this week. More than 78 million people were under heat warnings, watches and advisories on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Heat waves are not uncommon in mid-June, but the Weather Service warned that this one could last longer than some places have experienced in decades. Heat waves are also hotter, more frequent and longer lasting now because of global warming.

Persons: Jay Engle, — Organizations: National Weather Service, Weather Service Locations: Midwest, Maine, United States, Bangor, Houlton, Caribou

☆ Spring Isn’t Even Over, but Summer Heat Is Here
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jacey Fortin | More About Jacey Fortin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The last full day of spring will feel more like deep summer across much of the eastern half of the country. Humidity will make the air feel even hotter, and nighttime temperatures are expected to remain uncommonly high. The springtime heat, which will linger through at least the weekend in part of the region, has already caught some cities off guard. Inland New England and upstate New York began to swelter this week even before cities closer to the coast. In Rochester, N.Y., the heat index — an indication of how the air feels, accounting for humidity — soared higher on Tuesday than in San Antonio or St. Petersburg, Fla.

Locations: Chicago, New York City, Inland New England, New York, Rochester, N.Y, San Antonio, St, Petersburg, Fla

☆ Live updates: US heat wave as record temperatures across central and Eastern US bring natural disasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Antoinette Radford Elise Hammond Maureen Chowdhury Mary Gilbert Eric Zerkel | Antoinette Radford | Elise Hammond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Advocacy groups are petitioning Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include extreme heat and wildfire smoke as major disasters in the same way they do for hurricanes and other major disasters and emergencies. Extreme heat is by far the most deadly kind of weather, killing on average more than twice as many people each year as hurricanes and tornadoes combined, according to data tracked by the National Weather Service. But as CNN as previously reported, FEMA’s hands are tied by congress and the Stafford Act — the federal law that gives FEMA the power to respond to emergencies and determines what qualifies as one. The petition notes that the Stafford Act can be easily amended as it was just a few years ago to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other side of the country, a dangerous, long-duration heat wave is tightening its grip on the Northeast and parts of the Midwest.

Persons: Stafford, Ella Nilsen, Rob Shackelford Organizations: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, National Weather Service, CNN, Tribal, National Interagency Fire Center

☆ An Arkansas county doesn't want families to move. It's offering them up to $50,000 to build or renovate their homes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

And, the incentive program is only available to employees of specific companies, like steel producers River Steel, US Steel, and Atlas Tube. Mississippi County's incentive program is part of a recent wave of efforts across rural America to increase populations and local businesses. Related storiesFor Mississippi County, this growing housing demand has provided an opportunity to build their towns and cities. The housing incentive program offers a 10% forgivable loan on a new home construction with a maximum home cost of $500,000, meaning some families can receive up to a $50,000 housing credit. As more families move to or settle in Mississippi County, Scott expects it will have a positive effect on businesses, the school system, and public spaces.

Persons: —, Farmers Bank & Trust Randy Scott, Scott, You'll, you'll Organizations: Service, Business, Farmers Bank & Trust, Steel, US Steel Locations: Mississippi County , Arkansas, Rock, Tennessee, Blytheville, Osceola, Mississippi County, . Mississippi, America, Lincoln County , Kansas, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Columbus , Georgia, Midwest, Mississippi, Missouri , Alabama , Mississippi , Wisconsin , Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Arkansas

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