SACRAMENTO, California, April 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Deadline Approaching in Kansas for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to DroughtFrancisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 11 Kansas counties of the May 13, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: * * * KEY QUOTE: "At the State Capitol last month, House and Senate lawmakers held two hearings about Medicaid expansion -- the first on the topic in four years, giving supporters of the legislation a sense of progress. Both hearing rooms were so crowded that visitors were forced to listen from the hallways or file into overflow rooms... 'There's momentum,' [Governor] Kelly said." * *   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed House Bill 2781, increasing compensation, services, and support for victims of crimes. "Increasing compensation for crime victims will allow survivors greater access to the resources they need to overcome trauma," Governor Laura Kelly said. "Thanks to this bill, survivors of crime will be better supported to receive the care they need to achieve stabili  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today vetoed Substitute Bill for Senate Bill 233, House Bill 2749, Substitute Bill for House Bill 2436, Senate Bill 434, House Bill 2446, and House Bill 2648. Governor Kelly also allowed Senate Bill 394 to become law without her signature. * * * The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of Substitute Bill for Senate Bill 233: "This divis  more

WELLSVILLE, Kansas, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Triple A Built of Wellsville cited for similar violations in 2021, faces $233K in new penalties * * * Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Kansas roofing contractor again putting its employees at risk of falls from elevation -- the construction industry's deadliest hazard -- by not providing required protective equipment at two residential w  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 13 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Today, Governor Mike Parson announced 23 appointments to various boards and commissions. Victoria Babb, of St. Peters, was appointed to the Missouri Community Service Commission. Ms. Babb currently serves as community resource director for Cunningham Recreation and runs the Play 4 ALL division. She previously served in the National Civilian Community Corps and Americor  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service today corrected Appendix A (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/appendix-a-list-of-2015-census-tract-boundary-30c-eligible-tracts-v2-1-4-2024.pdf) and Appendix B (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/appendix-b-list-of-2020-census-tract-boundary-30c-eligible-tracts-v2-1-4-2024.pdf) of Notice 2024-20 (https://  more