National News

By Mindy Brissey, U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator WASHINGTON, D.C. – Each year from Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, Americans celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month as a time to recognize the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the Hispanic communities in the United States. The American dream of small business ownership is […]

LENEXA, KAN. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is joining states, Tribes and local partners in celebrating SepticSmart Week from Sept. 16-20 and to provide homeowners and renters with information about protecting public health and properly maintaining septic systems. This weeklong, nationwide public education campaign is helpful for the one-fifth of U.S. households that use

LENEXA, KAN. – Monday, Sept. 16, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $117 million for three separate funding opportunities to advance recycling infrastructure and boost food waste prevention education across the country. Two of the notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants – one

US Fish and Wildlife Service BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota — Working with our partners, our agency has developed a plan to save the Missouri Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the eastern hellbender, the largest salamander in North America. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce the release of the final recovery plan for the Missouri

KANSAS CITY – Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.1 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   The August increase was influenced by a 0.3-percent rise in the all items less food and energy index, with higher prices

WASHINGTON – Recently, Senator Eric Schmitt joined a bipartisan group of Senators on a Congressional Delegation to Asia, specifically Japan and South Korea, to better understand how the United States can continue to work with partners in the Indo-Pacific, particularly as China continues to become an increasing threat to those countries and the United States: “Congressional

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Children’s Tuition Fund (CTF), a service of ACSI, is proud to announce that, over the past 5 years, it has provided approximately 45 million dollars in scholarships to 12,759 children. Thanks to the efforts of the CTF team, these students, across the six states in which the program operates, have been given

By Richard Heim, NOAA/NCEI, Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center LINCOLN, Neb. – A strong ridge of high pressure maintained its grip across the central part of the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) during this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week (August 21-27). It was responsible for warmer-than-normal temperatures that stretched across the Plains and into the Upper

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Social Security Administration announced a large step in a multi-year effort to simplify processes for people who are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by starting to offer an online, streamlined application for some applicants starting in December.  SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who

LENEXA, KAN. – On Aug. 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 ordered three grocery distributors to stop the sale and distribution of certain Fabuloso household disinfectant products.   EPA says that Estancia La Bodega Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, Pan-Y-Mas of Kansas City, Kansas, and Promex Ltd. of Omaha, Nebraska, distributed