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Mark Arends (third from right) stands with his children (from left to right): Jace, Noah, Lexi and Blake, and his brother, Scott, in a fully-detasseled seed corn field outside Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Aug. 6, 2024.Arends didn’t know it at the time, but that was the last day his company, Arends Detasseling, performed the work of removing tassels from seed corn plants to control pollination.

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More migrant workers replace Iowa teenagers in corn detasseling jobs

Nick Loomis

Seed corn companies are using more laborers with H-2A visas, according to data from Iowa Workforce Development and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Local contractors say they have teens, who rely on the summer jobs, waiting to do the work.

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Supreme Court to consider challenge to Mississippi mail-in ballot law

Miles Parks

The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether federal law prevents states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The decision could potentially upend elections in some states.
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Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown

Joe Hernandez

Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown.
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Supreme Court hears religious liberty case about Rastafari man

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The Supreme Court is hearing a case about a Rastafari man who grew dreadlocks for his religion. When he was in prison, guards shaved his hair against his will.

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