Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Missouri Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday November 05, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Bureau of Industry & Security Releases Public Communication From Enterprise Mobility
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from Enterprise Mobility, St. Louis, Missouri. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ms. Elizabeth L.D. Cannon Office of Information and Communications Technologies and Services Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20230 RE: Comments on "Securing the Information and Communications  more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith, Reps. Comer, Jordan Demand Immediate Action in Wake of IRS Latest Action Against Whistleblowers Gary Shapley, Joseph Ziegler
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), and Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today are demanding answers about the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) potential retaliation against two whistleblowers, IRS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Gary Shapley  more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Smith: Factsheet - Tax Hikes Looming for Americans Across Country If Washington Democrats Get Their Way
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: As Vice President Harris continues to promise tax hikes for American families, workers, farmers, and small businesses, Ways and Means Tax Teams have heard repeatedly across the country that the Trump Tax Cuts cannot be allowed to expire - and now Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is releasing fact sheets with the key information Americans and their elected officials   more

MDC Starting Renovation Projects at Schell Lake and Eagle Bluffs
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 5 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news on Nov. 4, 2024: The Missouri Conservation Commission recently approved a contract with Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co., Inc. of Pleasant Hill for renovation work of Schell Lake in Schell City. The project is part of phase-two renovations of the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Schell-Osage Conservation Area Golden Anniversary Wetland Renovation project. The Commission also appro  more

Rep. Graves Demands Biden-Harris Administration Abide by Supreme Court WOTUS Ruling
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (MO-06) led Committee Republicans today in enumerating the many ongoing concerns from Congress and stakeholders about the Biden-Harris Administration's refusal to conform with the Supreme Court's ruling pertaining to the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Writing to the heads of the U.S. Environm  more

Texas U.S. Attorney: Final Men Sent to Prison for Their Roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy
LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Two Texans have been sentenced for their roles in distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Guillermo Fernando Rojo, 39, Laredo, and Gilbert Zambrano Saldivar, 45, Dallas, each pleaded guilty March 5 and April 4, respectively. U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana has now imposed 120-month-terms of imprisonment for both  more

Warren, Senators Blast MOHELA for Abusing Borrowers with Potentially Illegal, Exploitative Terms of Use
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) wrote to the Executive Director and CEO of Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), laying into the company for locking over eight million student loan borrowers into an abusive "terms of use" agreement that attempts to restrict their legal rights and a  more