Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Iowa Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Department of Labor Awards More Than $10.5M in Grants to Support Mine Safety, Health Training Across the Nation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: * * * Supports delivery of federally mandated education in 45 states, territories * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents,   more

EPA: U.S. Files Court Settlement for Cleanup and Reimbursement of Costs at Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co. Superfund Site in Norfolk, Nebraska
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 8, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the filing of a settlement agreement with three parties requiring the cleanup of contamination at the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company Superfund Site (https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0702377) in Norfolk, Nebraska. The settlement was filed in the United States District Court of the Di  more

Senators Wicker, Risch, and Colleagues Press Biden-Harris Administration to Reverse Policy Toward State of Qatar
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), led 12 of their colleagues on a letter to multiple federal agencies with requests, including that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of State: Immediately freeze the   more