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Biden-Harris Administration announces funding for four community-led infrastructure projects in Missouri as part of the Investing in America Agenda

WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $54,005,777 from the RAISE discretionary grant program to four different infrastructure projects across Missouri.   The RAISE grant program, expanded under the president’s infrastructure law, supports communities of all sizes, with half of the FY2023 funding going

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EPA seeks to bring solar to millions of homes in low-income and disadvantaged communities

LENEXA, Kan. – On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase access to affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy for millions of low-income households. Residential distributed solar energy will lower energy costs for families, create good-quality jobs in communities that

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Motorists avoid fireworks at the pump this July 4, save $500 million daily compared to a year ago

DALLAS, Tex. – Good news for summer road trippers: the fireworks displays will be back this year, but the fireworks at the pump are behind us. Independence Day weekend this year will be much more affordable when it comes to fueling up, according to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving North American drivers the

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EPA announces over $50 million to assist small, underserved, and disadvantaged communities in accessing clean and safe drinking water 

LENEXA, Kan. – On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $50.4 million in annual funding to states and territories for communities most in need of access to clean and safe drinking water. The funding will support projects and activities in underserved, small and disadvantaged communities to access and invest in water infrastructure and

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Two species of freshwater mussels are listed as threatened under Endangered Species Act

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Following a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is protecting the western fanshell (Cyprogenia aberti) and a newly identified species known as the “Ouachita” fanshell (Cyprogenia cf. aberti) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.   These two freshwater mussel species are found

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U.S. Small Business Administration announces strategic alliance to support small business exporters

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the signing of the Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) with the International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA). ITFA and SBA strive to facilitate the expansion of trade and trade finance globally to reduce barriers for small businesses selling abroad. Together, the SBA and ITFA will work to educate exporters and

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CPSC warns consumers to immediately stop using CCATTO Baby Tents

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using CCATTO brand baby tents because they do not comply with mandatory federal safety standards for infant sleep products and because they contain a banned infant pillow, posing a fall hazard and risk of suffocation to infants. The baby

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CPSC warns consumers to immediately stop using Girasol Wrap Your Baby Sling Carriers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Girasol Rainbow Love Woven Wrap sling carriers because they do not comply with the federal safety standard for sling carriers and infants can fall out of them. CPSC also urges consumers to avoid similar products from Girasol because

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