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*Missouri Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday October 29, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration celebrates final community connected to Lewis & Clark Regional Water System
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: SIBLEY, Iowa Today, the Bureau of Reclamation celebrated Sibley becoming the 20th and final member of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System to be connected to its water supply during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Sibley Meter Building in Iowa. The meter building is the last piece of critical infrastructure needed to allow water to flow to the people of Sibley. The city now   more

Rep. Cleaver Announces Nearly $40 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Awarded to Kansas City for Bridge Repairs and Replacement
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Kansas City, MO) Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded $39,934,854 from the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Kansas City to improve bridge infrastructure across the metro area. The federal funding will enable the repair and replacement of nine aged and deteriorating bridges within Kansas City, enhan  more

THE KORTE Awarded Share of Up to $98 Million Contract
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 23, 2024: KORTE CONSTRUCTION CO., DBA THE KORTE CO., St. Louis, Missouri (N62473-21-D-1208), was awarded a combined $98,000,000 to increase the maximum value of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract for new construction, renovation, and repair of commercial and institutional facilities at various locations in the Na  more

USGS awards $2.5 million to state geological surveys for mine waste projects
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and domestic mineral resources, both in the ground and in mine waste. Since 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has advanced scientific inn  more

Warren, Durbin, Whitehouse, Warnock Push DOJ, ED For Expanded Outreach on Discharging Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) commending the agencies on their progress in helping borrowers who are struggling financially to discharge their student loans in bankruptcy and asking them to continue expanding awareness of the Biden-H  more