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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks about the Aim for Climate Initiative with United Arab Emirates Minister for Climate Change and Environment Mariam Almeiri, in the UAE Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 11, 2022. The federal government on Monday, Dec. 12, announced another $325 million for agricultural projects that are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Vilsack announced the latest round of funding at Tuskegee University, a historically Black college in Alabama, and said it’s vital that small operations benefit from the program. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell, File)

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USDA climate-smart agriculture projects now top $3 billion
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Mon,12/12/22-12:45PM , 201 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government on Monday announced another $325 million for agricultural projects that are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Della Reminar, right, and Crystal Baptiste try to get the ticket machine to scan a card for personal selection numbers for a ticket for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at a convenience store in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Q&A: A look at $1.9B Powerball jackpot, how it grew so large
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Mon,11/07/22-9:39AM , 255 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Millions of lottery players around the country will try their luck again Monday night as they vie for an estimated $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot that dwarfs all previous prizes by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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A sign shows the current jackpot for the Powerball lottery, $1.2 billion, as it hangs in the reflective window of a convenience store in Miami, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The jackpot climbed to $1.2 billion after no one matched all six numbers to win. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Dreaming of $1.5B Powerball prize? Consider not taking cash
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Thu,11/03/22-9:34AM , 157 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — You thought you were a sure bet for Wednesday night’s estimated $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot, but alas, there was no big winner.
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A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery tickets for the Saturday Oct. 29, drawing of the Powerball lottery, are seen on a counter at a market in Prospect, Pa., Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history could soar to the largest ever if no one wins the top prize in Wednesday, Nov. 2, Powerball drawing. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Why no Powerball winner? It’s luck and smaller sales
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Thu,11/03/22-1:07AM , 202 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Perplexed that it seems no one can win the gigantic $1.5 billion Powerball prize?

A big reason is that people aren’t buying as many tickets for each drawing as they did five or six years ago.
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