Agriculture Acting Under Secretary Doug O’Brien announced the availability of more than $33 million to provide safe and affordable housing for farm workers and their families through the Farm Labor Housing Program.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday grants exceeding $154.7 million awarded to 32 states, Puerto Rico and the Cherokee tribal nation through the Job-Driven National Emergency Grant program.
Senate Bill 1160, which proposed eliminating $4.5 million a year in public funding to conventions and groups coordinator Meet Puerto Rico, was drawn from the Senate session late Tuesday night, the entity’s leadership said Wednesday.