Saturday - April 27, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Saturday March 23, 2024 ( 10 items )  

451st ESC commanding general conducts yearly training brief
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, March 21 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: WICHITA, Kan. - Brig. Gen. Brandi B. Peasley, 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert M. Stirling, 451st ESC command sergeant major, presided over the Training Year 2025 Yearly Training Brief (YTB) at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Wichita, Kansas, March 1 - 3. The purpose of the YTB is to clearly communicate to the 451st ESC's down  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 22, 2024, entitled "Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Missouri had 205,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 166,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted   more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 22, 2024, entitled "Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Montana had 37,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 36,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Wyoming Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 22, 2024, entitled "Wyoming Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Wyoming had 19,000 job openings in January 2024, unchanged from December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job opening  more

Chairman Behnam Announces CFTC Agricultural Advisory Committee to Meet April 11 in Overland Park, Kan.
WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Chairman Rostin Behnam, sponsor of the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC), today announced the AAC will hold a public meeting on April 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (CDT) at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel in Overland Park, KS. Members of the public will also have the option to attend virtually. This meeting precedes AgCon2024, the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Con  more

Chairman Behnam Announces CFTC Agricultural Advisory Committee to Meet April 11 in Overland Park, KS
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: Chairman Rostin Behnam, sponsor of the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC), today announced the AAC will hold a public meeting on April 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (CDT) at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel in Overland Park, KS. Members of the public will also have the option to attend virtually. This meeting precedes AgCon2024, the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conferenc  more

Deadline Approaching in Kansas for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Drought
SACRAMENTO, California, March 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 17 Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Missouri and Nebraska of the April 22, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low interest loans are to o  more

EPA Region 7 Partners With Jennings, Missouri, to Redevelop West Florissant Business Corridor
LENEXA, Kansas, March 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Jennings is one of 10 cities to receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that 10 communities will receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program. EPA and these local communities will pursue development strategies that expand  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: Jury Convicts KC Man of Heroin Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and of illegally possessing firearms. Edgar A. Mejia, 49, was found guilty by a jury of one count each of conspiracy to distribute heroin and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. On Oct. 10, 2022, law en  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: KC Man Charged After Officers Seize 59 Firearms, Including Machine Guns, Illegal Drugs From Residence
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today after law enforcement officers found 59 firearms, including machine guns, along with illegal drugs during a search of his residence. Roberto Rosales Gonzales, 23, was charged in a three-count criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo. Gonzales remains i  more