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$400 Million grant program will fund school buses that reduce emissions  

LENEXA, KAN. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of at least $400 million in grants for cleaner school buses, reducing harmful pollution and protecting children’s health. Under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, funding from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program will improve air quality in and around schools and communities, save […]

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State trucking associations partner with Wreaths Across America to form virtual convoy to raise awareness and support for the mission

COLUMBIA FALLS, ME  — Wreaths Across America (WAA) partners with more than 300 transportation companies each year who help “move the mission.” These companies donate equipment, fuel, staffing, and time to deliver loads of sponsored veterans’ wreaths to their final resting places on the headstones of our nation’s servicemembers laid to rest at more than 3,700

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Conservative shareholder activists release lineup of proposals to fight woke policies and Chinese control over U.S. corporations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) released their Proxy Navigator Annual Voter Guide today while they simultaneously announced plans to present proposals at several shareholder meetings this week – including Goldman Sachs, IBM and Kellogg’s. As shareholder meeting season heats up, FEP will present new types of proposals – including one

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Regions Financial Corporation deeclares quarterly common and preferred stock dividends

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) Board of Directors today declared the following cash dividends on its common shares, Series B preferred shares, Series C preferred shares, Series D preferred shares and Series E preferred shares:   A cash dividend of $0.20 on each share of outstanding common stock of the Company, payable

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Final safety standard adopted for dressers and other clothing storage units

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission today took further action to protect consumers from tip-over-related deaths and injuries associated with dressers, armoires, wardrobes, and other clothing storage units. Implementing recently passed legislation, the Commission voted to adopt the ASTM F2057-23 voluntary standard as a CPSC mandatory safety standard to protect young children

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CPSC adopts final product safety standards for tip-overs of dressers and other clothing storage units

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission today took further action to protect consumers from tip-over-related deaths and injuries associated with dressers, armoires, wardrobes, and other clothing storage units. Implementing recently passed legislation, the Commission voted to adopt the ASTM F2057-23 voluntary standard as a CPSC mandatory safety standard to protect young children

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CPSC  says immediately stop using certain combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors due to failures

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the risk of smoke inhalation associated with the use of PETRICOR, VARWANEO, WJZTEK and OKEAH Digital combination smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. The detectors can fail to alert consumers to the presence of hazardous smoke. Petricor, Varwaneo, Wjztek     Okeah

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Wichita State University to serve as new technical assistance center

LENEXA, Kan – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of Wichita State University to serve as a new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) to help Midwestern communities access funding opportunities to advance environmental justice. The university will serve communities throughout EPA Region 7, which consists of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,

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Area prices rose 0.6 percent in March, up 4.9 percent over the year.

KANSAS CITY, Kans. – Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) The all items less food and energy index increased 0.8 percent, led by an advance in prices paid for owners’

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