WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Agreement sets the stage for further cleanup and redevelopment at a property * * * LENEXA, KANSAS (AUG. 7, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has entered into an administrative settlement agreement for response actions undertaken at the HPI Chemicals Inc. site, in exchange for a covenant not to sue - by way of a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) - with the City   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman will give opening keynote remarks for the 2024 Community Banking Research Conference, taking place Oct. 2-3, 2024. The 12th annual conference brings together community bankers, academics, policymakers and bank regulators to discuss the latest research on community banking. This year's event is scheduled to be in-person at the Federal Reser  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced $46.7 million in funding through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program for the redevelopment or creation of 10 local parks in Tucson, Arizona; Porterville, California; Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; New Brunswick, New Jersey, Garner and Raleigh, North Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio; and Houston, Texas. Today's announcement brings th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The Enduring Work of Protecting Voting Rights: 59 Years and Counting The Justice Department once described the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted. President Lyndon B. Johnson, when he signed the bill on Aug. 6, 1965, called it "one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom." The act has opened the doo  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: A St. Louis man on Wednesday admitted fraudulently obtaining $41,484 in loans intended to help struggling businesses during the pandemic. Robert Baines, 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two felony counts of wire fraud. He admitted fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in 2021. He also agreed to p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture issued the following news: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will bring its Community Curation Project to St. Louis and East St. Louis this September. The Community Curation Project, led by the museum's Robert F. Smith Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History, empowers communities to share their family stories by providing t  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that the State Tax Commission issued an order rolling back Jackson County's unlawful 2023 property assessments. The State Tax Commission was able to do so after obtaining information through discovery in Attorney General Bailey's lawsuit against Jackson County for illegally taxing Jackson County property owners.   more