COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Children’s Tuition Fund (CTF), a service of ACSI, is proud to announce that, over the past 5 years, it has provided approximately 45 million dollars in scholarships to 12,759 children. Thanks to the efforts of the CTF team, these students, across the six states in which the program operates, have been given […]
By Richard Heim, NOAA/NCEI, Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center LINCOLN, Neb. – A strong ridge of high pressure maintained its grip across the central part of the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) during this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week (August 21-27). It was responsible for warmer-than-normal temperatures that stretched across the Plains and into the Upper
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Social Security Administration announced a large step in a multi-year effort to simplify processes for people who are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by starting to offer an online, streamlined application for some applicants starting in December. SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who
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LENEXA, KAN. – On Aug. 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 ordered three grocery distributors to stop the sale and distribution of certain Fabuloso household disinfectant products. EPA says that Estancia La Bodega Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, Pan-Y-Mas of Kansas City, Kansas, and Promex Ltd. of Omaha, Nebraska, distributed
LENEXA, KAN. – Yesterday, August 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $26 million in funding to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities. This grant funding will be used by 55 states and territories and the District of Columbia to reduce lead exposure where children learn and play while
LENEXA, KAN. – On Tuesday on a barge docked near Alton, Illinois, EPA regional leaders held a first-ever, four-region event to promote water quality along the Mississippi River. EPA leadership from Regions 4, 5, and 6 joined EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister during National Water Quality Month to host a floating classroom and share
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using DNYSYSJ and OUKANING cradle swings because they pose suffocation and fall hazards for infants. CPSC is aware of an infant’s death in 2021 reported as occurring in a cradle swing with a similar design, including a similar thick,
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WASHINGTON ─ On August 12, 2024, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Martin O’Malley, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced nine new Compassionate Allowances (CAL) conditions and revisions to two existing CAL conditions: Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome, Costello Syndrome, Adult Heart Transplant Wait List – Status Levels 1-4, Child Heart Transplant Wait List – Status Levels 1A/1B (revised existing condition), Histiocytic Malignancies, Histiocytosis Syndromes (revised existing condition),
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Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Eighth Circuit has ruled in favor of right-wing Attorneys General’s motion to block President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education repayment plan (the SAVE plan). The order enjoins millions of student loan borrowers from accessing lower monthly payments and cancellation under SAVE. This income-driven repayment plan
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