WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening remarks on April 11, 2024, by Chairman Rostin Behnam at Kansas State University AgCon 2024: * * * Traveling to Kansas City, leaving Washington, engaging in person, listening, answering the hard questions, and working toward finding solutions for America's farmers and ranchers--this is an always has been my number one priority. I couldn't be prouder to lead the return of this conference. In 2019, I cl  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 11, 2024, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson at the Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting: * * * I am very pleased to join everyone for this Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting. I thank Chair Behnam and Swati Shah, Designated Federal Officer for the AAC, as well as Scott Herndon, President, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, for their efforts to or  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 11, 2024, by Commissioner Caroline D. Pham at the Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting: * * * I want to also recognize the committee's Designated Federal Officer, Swati Shah, and all the staff who worked to make today's meeting possible. I know it's no small task to organize a field event like this. Thanks also to the Advisory Committee's members for taking the time to share your   more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news on April 9, 2024: By Airman Paula Arce, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Master Sgt. Kenneth Jenkins, 22nd Maintenance Squadron flight chief, led a team of five volunteer Airmen to repair and manufacture cables for "Doc," a B-29 Superfortress, Feb. 8, at the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas. The team spent hours successfully r  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology, Columbia." The notice was issued by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. * * * SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology has completed an inve  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A man pleaded guilty to taking part in a $1 million fraudulent customer refund scheme involving more than a dozen defendants. According to court documents, Mercele Brooks, 28, of Harker Heights, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of accessory after the fact to laundering monetary instruments. Kanesha Mercer, Darius Polite, Rudy Hunt, and Veronica Kilman were employees at  more