Six minutes of news from around the nation.

A federal judge in Boston rules that Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful; Ohio food banks work to curb grocery store food waste; New education data raise concern as New Hampshire tops the nation in child well-being; And a South Dakota farmer says the current Farm Bill needs a lot of work.

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The Public News Service daily newscast June the 9th, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers has been struck down.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling, concluding it was an unlawful tax Congress never authorized.

Reuters notes the administration argued the fee constituted a lawful monetary penalty that the president was authorized to impose under federal immigration law, but Sorkin concluded the fee was not a penalty but a tax that the Republican president lacked any authorization from Congress to issue.

And thousands of pounds of food from Ohio grocery stores ends up at the dump each day.

Food banks are ramping up efforts to recycle items that would otherwise be headed to the garbage.

More now from our Nadia Ramlagan.

From dry goods to meat and dairy, groups are collecting edible food from grocers that would otherwise end up in landfills, explains Chuck Allen, director of food safety for Greater Cleveland Food Bank.

Allen says having partnerships with retailers helps food banks fill gaps for items that aren't typically donated, such as frozen meat.

We need to be there as often as possible so that we're able to capture all the fresh dairy and the produce so we can get that back out.

And so the majority of that product is picked up by our agencies.

According to state data, partnerships between food banks and local retailers resulted in more than 150 million pounds of edible food rescued across Ohio counties in 2025.

The Ohio Association of Food Banks recovered 137 million pounds of food in its 12 regional pantries.

And a new report says New Hampshire outperforms every other state in terms of overall child well-being, but academic indicators are trending in the wrong direction.

A new report says New Hampshire outperforms every other state in terms of overall child well-being, but academic indicators are trending in the wrong direction.

The 2026 Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows 64 percent of fourth graders statewide struggle to read at grade level, and 68 percent of eighth graders lack proficiency in math.

Rebecca Wojkowski, policy director with the nonprofit New Futures, says it's time the state invests in universal pre-K.

We know from data that access to high quality early education really sets the foundation for not only academic success, but health and well-being for our children.

New Hampshire is one of only six states with no state investment in pre-K.

Nearly half of all three and four-year-olds aren't in school. a percentage that's barely changed over the past decade.

Wojkowski hopes state lawmakers will use the new data as a roadmap to develop initiatives that benefit children and families.

I'm Catherine Carley for New Hampshire News Connection.

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As the U.S. Senate considers a proposal for an updated farm bill, South Dakota farmers say it doesn't do nearly enough.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version on April 30th.

Since then, a coalition of farmers and rural residents from Midwestern states traveled to Washington, D.C. to ask legislators to make changes.

That includes Dwayne Carlson, South Dakota farmer and Brooklyn Township chairman.

He says the current bill needs a lot of work after years of inaction and subsidizing the same programs.

It really doesn't do the things that we need to do.

So there needs to be a good hard look at what these dollars are doing and how it's affecting our local farmers.

Like other members of the coalition, Carlson wants the bill to address SNAP benefits, pesticide labeling, mandatory country of origin labeling for beef and conservation funding.

Congress is supposed to pass a new farm bill every five years.

The most recent one passed in 2018.

I'm Laura Hatch reporting.

And voters in Philadelphia have cleared the way for a new push to help workers build retirement savings.

Philly Saves will automatically sign up eligible workers for a payroll deduction individual retirement account, helping over 200,000 employees who lack retirement options at work.

Jessica Ekman with AARP says research shows people are much more likely to save when it's simple and automatic.

She adds that the program will help workers begin to build financial security for the future.

What's important to know, it's easy.

It's low cost for these workers.

They can change their investments, their contribution levels.

They can opt out at any time.

It's completely voluntary for workers.

Philly says follows a growing national trend as similar auto IRA programs are established in 17 states.

Danielle Smith reporting.

Finally, summer vacation is here, but career learning isn't stopping in central Florida.

Yashira Valentin Feliciano is program manager for Hispanic Access Foundation.

She says the effort gives families access to opportunities that might not have been on their radar.

It's giving access to communities that otherwise probably wouldn't have seen career pathways that even myself I hadn't heard about.

For example, if you're in a hospital, there are people sterilizing the equipment before surgery.

The initiative brings professionals like engineers from the space technology company Blue Origin and a rheumatologist to community events, including a talk this Monday where students created rockets, asked questions and learned directly from experts.

Events are free and open to all.

Families can track the upcoming schedule by following Hispanic Access Foundation on social media.

I'm Tramiel Gomes.

This is Mike Clifford for Public News Service.

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