WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is partnering with rural Americans on hundreds of clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to clean energy and create jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers. Many of t  more

LENEXA, Kansas, June 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * Supplemental funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide more opportunities for cleanups in Iowa communities * * * Today, at a brownfield site in Clinton, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $3 million ceremonial check to the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA) in Iowa to supp  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc.: * * * To: Tony Gavin, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., 255 Business Center Drive, Horsham, PA 19044, United States, tony.gavin@grupobimbo.com Dear Mr. Gavin: This is to advise you that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your facility located at 738 W. Van Buren Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007 from October 3  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: The co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members, and to making false statements on a personal tax return. Craig Anthony Reynolds, 62, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A former Overland Park, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently receiving more than $800,000 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for a business that was no longer in operation. Mirza Michael Reazuddin, 66, currently a resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. Chief Di  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Chad Alan Hudgins, 35, to 360 months imprisonment for Second Degree Murder in Indian Country. Additionally, Judge Frizzell ordered Hudgins to five years of supervised release. According to court documents, in Dec. 2021, the Creek County Sheriff's Office received a call requesting a well-bei  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 14 Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset eco  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced improvements to the camelina pilot crop insurance program for the 2025 and succeeding crop years. USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options by allowing enterprise units and increasing maximum coverage levels. In addition, RMA is aligning planting dates with winter wheat for the Southern Plains. "The  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 26 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on June 24, 2024, at a campaign event at the University of Maryland: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Kate Cox! (Applause.) Isn't she extraordinary? And what good news. Just extraordinary, Kate. As I said to you and your husband backstage, you really have been so courageous and such a leader in this movement. You know, I -- I shared with Kate that -- and please have a seat if -- if there are chairs. (Laught  more