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LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the launch of the $3 billion Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to tackle the climate crisis and improve air quality at U.S. ports as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The funding opportunities were created under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two complementary agreements to further their “whole of government” approach to strengthen these agencies’ shared work in ensuring that children, especially those at high risk, are not exposed to human

WASHINGTON – The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced a new loss mitigation home retention option for borrowers with FHA-insured single family forward mortgages who are behind on their mortgage payments. The new offering, called the Payment Supplement, provides mortgage servicers with an additional tool to temporarily reduce a borrower’s monthly mortgage payment by up to 25 percent

WASHIINGTON, D.C. – The Social Security Administration has published a proposed rule, “Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration,” describing the agency’s plans for accessing and using information from payroll data providers to reduce improper payments, including overpayments, which improves service to customers.   Unreported, late reported, and incorrectly reported earnings are often

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the availability of $81 million in funding for eligible air agencies to expand and upgrade the nation’s air quality monitoring networks as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The investment, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will enhance and extend air monitoring

LENEXA, Kan.– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released the 2023 update to its Equity Action Plan, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda. This Equity Action Plan is part of EPA’s efforts to implement the President’s Executive Order on “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government,”

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the expansion of its successful Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 additional communities as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. Originally launched in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the initiative partners with underserved communities to provide technical assistance on

WASHINGTON – On Monday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the 200,000th graduate of the Boots to Business (B2B) program. This milestone re-emphasizes the long-standing importance of military-connected entrepreneurs to the nation’s economy and celebrates 11 years of B2B instructor achievements nationwide and overseas. “SBA’s Boots to Business program is about strengthening our aspiring military entrepreneurs, especially now as

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest steps to incorporate stakeholder feedback and collaboration with federal partners, ensuring the Agency’s work to protect endangered species from pesticides is practical, flexible, and supports the agricultural community. Assistant Administrator Michal Freedhoff described these steps in a speech to the National Association of

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft attended oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court in the case Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson. Ashcroft leads a coalition of 10 other secretaries of state who signed on to the amicus brief Ashcroft filed with the court.   This unprecedented case centers on whether