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News Tipoffs - Kansas Editors Newsletter for Thursday April 25, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Center for Rural Affairs to Receive $62.4M to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Nebraska
LENEXA, Kansas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America Agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Center for Rural Affairs, based in Nebraska, ha  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority to Receive $156M to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Missouri
LENEXA, Kansas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America Agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy R  more

IRS: 2025 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grant Application Period Now Open
WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service today announced it will accept applications for Low Income Taxpayer Clinic matching grants from all qualified organizations. The application period runs from April 22, 2024, to June 12, 2024. The funding and the period of performance for the grant will be Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025. "Low Income Taxpayer Clinics ma  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for April 23, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on April 23, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-5074-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 04/23/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3292-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Ace Energy, LLC Date Filed: 04/23/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3294-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Pante  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: Ohio Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A Cincinnati, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court today for carrying thousands of methamphetamine pills aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Mo. Antuan McClendon, 43, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 11 years and three months in federal prison without parole. On Dec. 21, 2023, McClendon pleaded guilt  more

USDA Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza
WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Federal Order to assist with developing a baseline of critical information and limiting the spread of H5N1 in dairy cattle To further protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, USDA is sharing a number of actions that we are taking with our federal partners to help us get ahead of this disease and limit its spread. Today, USDA's Animal and Pla  more

White House Fact Sheet: President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 2,550 More Borrowers in Kansas, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt
WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 2,550 More Borrowers in Kansas, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 26,750 people in Kansas under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including 2,550   more