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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Friday October 28, 2022 ( 5 items )  

Davids, De Soto Leaders Highlight Community Development Needs with Future Panasonic Job Growth
DE SOTO, Kansas, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids hosted a conversation with De Soto elected officials and local leaders on how she can best support the community from a federal level as they prepare to welcome a new Panasonic Energy manufacturing plant. Davids worked closely with Governor Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of local leaders in government and business to help attract the $4 billion investment. "Panasonic'  more

Graves Announces $8.8 Million Grant for Brunswick Port
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) today announced that Green Hills Regional Planning Commission will be receiving a $8,768,000 grant from the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) to further the development of container-on-barge shipping services in Brunswick, Missouri. "This grant brings us one step closer to seeing container-on-barge shipping on the Missouri River," Graves   more

Sen. Marshall Announces Federal Funding for Rural Broadband Project in Northeast Kansas
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a ReConnect grant for Blue Valley Tele-Communications. "Expanding reliable internet to rural parts of our state improves the lives of Kansans in those communities," said Senator Marshall. "With this support from USDA's ReConnect program, rural Kansans in Washington County and Marshall County will gai  more

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $6.1 MILLION INVESTMENT IN LOWNDES CO. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated a $6.1 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve infrastructure and expand capacity at the Lowndes County Port in Columbus. The grant was issued by the Maritime Administration through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). "Mississippi's ports and waterways are vital e  more

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Praise $6.1 Million Investment in Lowndes Co. Port Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today celebrated a $6.1 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve infrastructure and expand capacity at the Lowndes County Port in Columbus. The grant was issued by the Maritime Administration through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). "Mississippi's ports and waterways are vital elemen  more