WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is supporting FEMA and the Ready Campaign’s National Disaster Preparedness Month by dedicating the last week of September to conduct outreach to the more than 33 million small businesses across America on the importance of preparing, managing, and recovering from natural disasters, cyber threats, and even human-caused …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To hold the Fairfax County School Board accountable for racist admissions practices at the elite Thomas Jefferson High School in Northern Virginia and clarify the constitutional rights of individuals over preferred groups nationwide, ambassadors of the Project 21 black leadership network joined a legal brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a parents’ lawsuit against …
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a not-warranted 12-month finding on a petition to list the plains spotted skunk under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Using the best available science, the FWS conducted a species status assessment to inform the listing determination and found that the species is not …
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LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resolved longstanding litigation covering over 1,000 pesticide products, allowing EPA to fulfill its obligations to protect endangered species while conducting reviews and approvals of pesticides in a safe and protective manner. In 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity …
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LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $19 million in new grant funding that will work to improve the climate resilience of the nation’s water infrastructure. EPA’s Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability grant program will support drinking water systems in underserved, small and disadvantaged communities that are working to prepare …
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Eric Schmitt, prior to the consideration and reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, led a letter calling for reform at the CDC to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Senator Bill Cassidy – Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Health Education Labor and …
WASHINGTON–Senator Eric Schmitt has released a statement following Speaker McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden: “There are very serious allegations about Joe Biden’s involvement with Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings, and the facts uncovered so far are concerning to say the least – the American people deserve answers, and they deserve …
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KANSAS CITY, Kans. – Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.2% in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The energy index advanced 3.4% in August, with the index for gasoline driving almost all of the rise. The index for all …
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LENEXA, Kan. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $1.6 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expand recycling infrastructure and waste management systems across Missouri. EPA has selected the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Missouri to receive grants totaling over $1 million under the newly created Solid Waste …
LENEXA, Kan. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new report that finds that President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment ever – spurs major carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions from the U.S. electricity sector and across the economy. The report, “Electricity Sector Emissions Impacts of the Inflation Reduction …
