LINCOLN, Neb. – This U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week saw drought-related improvements on the map across southern portions of California and Nevada in association with the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary, which made landfall in Southern California over the weekend and into Monday. The tropical storm, the first to make landfall in Southern California since […]
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it will celebrate National Veterans Small Business Week (NVSBW) for the tenth consecutive year. The week-long event will take place Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2023, and includes in-person and virtual events highlighting the nation’s nearly two million Veteran-owned small businesses. “This year marks our tenth celebration of National Veterans
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the salamander mussel (Simpsonaias ambigua) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and are seeking public comment. The salamander mussel is a species of freshwater mussel currently found in scattered populations across 14 states from New York southwest to Arkansas. We are
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KANSAS CITY — The Labor Day holiday period, including the end of summertime and the holiday weekend, is a busy time on our nation’s roadways. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Regions 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is partnering with the National Park Service (NPS) and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today announced 12 new Compassionate Allowances conditions: 1p36 Deletion Syndrome, Anaplastic Ependymoma, Calciphylaxis, Cholangiocarcinoma, FOXG1 Syndrome, Leber Congenital Amaurosis, Metastatic Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, Pineoblastoma – Childhood, Primary Omental Cancer, Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Lung – Stages II-IV, and Trisomy 9. The Compassionate Allowances
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Wellness Day at Walmart offers opportunities for families to prioritize their health ahead of a new school year with free screenings and affordable immunizations on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Customers can receive free glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings as well as affordable immunizations like flu, HPV,
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by John Grimaldi WASHINGTON DC — Arthur C. Clarke’s classic sci-fi tale, 2001: A Space Odyssey, featuring a creepy computer named HAL, was made into a hit movie in 1968. Here we are, 55 years later, faced with what some are calling a scary, real life version of HAL. It’s called Artificial Intelligence [AI],
LENEXA, Kan. – On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of nearly $50 million in regular funding through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program to help communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs. States may now apply for grant assistance to fund projects that will help municipalities strengthen
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LENEXA, Kan — Environmental Protection Agency has partially approved and partially disapproved Missouri’s 2022 list of impaired waters and transmitted its decision to the state. EPA’s decision document provides a more detailed description of EPA’s review and the basis for this action. The decision document, including the approved portion of the 2022 impaired waters list,
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LENEXA, Kan. – On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published preliminary Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about chemical waste management, including releases, and pollution prevention activities that occurred during 2022 at more than 20,000 industrial and federal facilities across the country. “The information released today is one way EPA helps inform Americans about toxic
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