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How Trump’s tariffs could threaten construction and housing affordability in Champaign-Urbana

The Trump administration has rolled out tariffs that affect a wide variety of goods and industries — including home construction. The situation is rapidly evolving, and some worry all the uncertainty and supply chain disruptions could drive up housing prices.

The Midwest lost two species to extinction, and humans are largely to blame

A century ago, people throughout the Midwest could hear the high-pitched staccato call of the ivory-billed woodpecker echoing in old-growth forests throughout the Mississippi River basin, from Montana to Louisiana. Now that call has been permanently silenced. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared 23 species, including birds, freshwater mussels and a flower, extinct.