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 […]
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
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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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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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
DALLAS, Tex. – While Americans race to file their taxes ahead of today’s deadline, Tax Day is every day for U.S. drivers. Gas prices have been rising over the past several weeks as Americans get back on the road and gear up for summer road trips – but there are some hidden costs buried in
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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
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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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’
Area prices rose 0.6 percent in March, up 4.9 percent over the year. Read More »
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America (WAA) has announced the 2023 Youth Service Project as part of its year-round TEACH program. The project will tie into the national nonprofit’s 2023 theme, ‘Serve and Succeed.’ The Youth Service Project encourages young people of all ages and grade levels to develop, organize and execute a community service project
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