Project 2025's rural ripple, in one line

Project 2025's rural ripple, in one line

Project 2025 is a conservative plan to expand presidential power, replace nonpartisan civil servants with political loyalists, and enact socially and fiscally conservative policies. President Trump has deep ties to the effort, and many of its architects now hold key roles in his administration. Meanwhile, after the Trump administration's USDA canceled food programs, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill to create a state-level version of the federal Local Foods for Schools program.

Gobble's Take: When the federal table gets cleared, states start hunting for paper plates. Source: Project 2025 Weekly Rural News Clips

Texas farmland fights turn local — fast

Pete Sessions, R-Texas, is behind federal legislation to create voluntary "Agriculture Freedom Zones" that would steer large developments toward marginal land rather than productive farmland. Greg Abbott, a Republican who struck a $40 billion Google deal, backs such projects for the jobs and revenue they bring. The tension is already touching down: Hill County recently became one of the first in the state to enact a temporary ban, a sign that rural Central Texas communities on prime farmland are the ones left holding the question.

Gobble's Take: Once prime farmland is on the menu, everyone suddenly discovers a passion for zoning. Source: Project 2025 Weekly Rural News Clips

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