WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on March 8, 2024: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University (K-State) today announced the agenda for the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon2024). The conference is scheduled for April 11-12 in Overland Park, Kansas. See the full conference agenda. Register for AgCon2024. The conferen  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: * * * Panels Will Explore Issues Impacting Derivatives Markets and the Agricultural Sector * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University (K-State) today announced the agenda for the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon2024). The conference is scheduled for April 11-12 in Over  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, March 9 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Team McConnell conducted a dynamic hub and spoke joint force refueling tactical exercise, EXPLODEO, deploying two KC-135 Stratotankers and four KC-46 Pegasus aircraft to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Feb. 26 - Feb. 28. Operating out of JBLM as a hub, McConnell supported multiple spoke  more

LIBERAL, Kansas, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor\'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 7 issued the following news release: Federal investigators determined a Liberal truck washing company failed to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide gas as they entered over-the-road tanker trailers to clean them out, causing one worker's fatal injuries and hospitalizing two co-workers. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration responded to a repo  more