WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA officials will present site updates and information about the new residential soil lead guidance to the communities on Oct. 21-24 * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 15, 2024) - Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host four open house sessions to provide community members with site cleanup updates and information about EPA's residential soil lead guidanc  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 17 -- The Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus issued the following news on Oct. 16, 2024: CHICAGO - State Senator Mike Simmons was recognized by Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs with the Illinois LGBTQ+ Leader Award during a celebration Wednesday commemorating LGBTQ+ History Month in Chicago. "As the first openly gay senator in the state of Illinois and the third openly gay senator in the country, I bring my lived experiences as well as my constituents' with   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Warm and dry conditions continued across much  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Waukee man was sentenced on October 11, 2024, to nine years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, William Jack Berg, 52, defrauded approximately 17 victims by purporting to be a financial advisor in central Iowa, St. Louis, Missouri, and elsewhere. Over an eight-year period,  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 16 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Bismarck, ND - (October 15, 2024) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today asked the U.S. District Court in North Dakota to temporarily stop the Biden-Harris administration from implementing a regulation that would give Obamacare to illegal aliens. The regulation, set to take effect on Nov. 1, would make more than 200,000 deferred action for childhood arrival (DACA) recipients eligible for taxp  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to charges related to criminal conduct connected to a federal government program intended to help small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, Venester Fayne, 57, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. In May 2020, Fayne applied to the P  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing fentanyl, which resulted in three overdose deaths in Belton and Raymore, Mo., as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and thre  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Pineville, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman and her victim's unborn child. Amber Waterman, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to consecutive life sentences in federal prison without parole. On July 30, 2024, Amber Waterman pleaded guilty to on  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Oct. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Monday sentenced a man who sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer to 100 months in prison. Rashad Marshall, 33, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, pleaded guilty in July to one count each of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. He admitted conspiring wi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Janousek as director for the Division of Behavioral Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The appointment is effective Oct. 21 at an annual salary of $175,000. Dr. Janousek has been the deputy director of clinical excellence within the Division of Behavioral Health since Oct. 2022. Prior to joining the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 14-RC-349505) by Region 14 Director Andrea J. Wilkes: * * * The Sygma Network, Inc., Employer and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 955, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION On August 30, 2024,/1 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 955 ("Petitioner") filed a petition seeking an election for certain of The Sygma Network, Inc.'s ("Employer") employees to determine wh  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BABB, Mont. Reclamation received the first sections of the 90-inch replacement pipe for the St. Mary Siphon, marking a major milestone of the extensive project to restore the damaged siphon. This milestone sets the stage for replacing the critical infrastructure that delivers water to the Milk River Project, a lifeline for north-central Montana ranchers, farmers, and communities  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 17 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of stopping the Biden-Harris administration's rule that would allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are in the United States, while also allowing them the possibility of employment and affording them access to public benefits programs. Th  more