Harshawn Ratanpal
Environmental Impact ReporterHarshawn Ratanpal is a Report for America corps member and reports on agriculture and the environment for KBIA and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.
Write to him at harshawnratanpal@gmail.com
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Sandblasting material used to strip paint was trucked 500 miles or more to a remote warehouse near the Missouri River. -
Food banks across the country bid for donations on Feeding America's "Choice System," which replaced a less efficient system that used an algorithm to distribute food. -
Advocacy group People Not Politicians has until mid-December to collect more than 100,000 signatures across six of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. The lawsuit may help decide whether 90,000 collected in September and early October are valid. -
Crop insurance provides some coverage for some farmers, but can often be an obstacle to sustainability. -
The Department of Interior is currently blocked from carrying out its plan to terminate more than 2,000 positions. -
Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick said he hopes the Trump administration rolls back its decision. When asked, Governor Mike Kehoe seemed to confuse the H1-B program with a different visa for agricultural workers. -
The Trump Administration said it's cancelling the questionnaire, an annual supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey. -
In its notice to parents, district officials said water filters were being installed to remove PFAS and that the district is contracting a long-term water quality study. -
The new one-stop-shop for drought data was announced to the public Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. -
Shortly after being sworn in, Hanaway said her priories include fighting crime and protecting Missourians.
