WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 16, 2025 ARMY HGL-APTIM Technologies JV LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $49,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 17, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $280,418,928 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost type modification to previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-5101 for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Name of Product: VH2 Whole Room Heaters Hazard: The power cord can partially detach from the heater enclosure which can lead to cord damage over time, posing electric shock and fire hazards. Remedy: Replace Recall Date: January 16, 2025 Units: About 7,780 Consumer Contact: Vornado toll-free at 844-205-7978 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at vh2recal  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 17, 2025) - Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the companies failed to comply with multiple Clean Water Act permit requirements, resulting in disch  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 17 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * 25-DPAX-280-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Amino Brothers Co., Inc. Date Filed: 01/16/2025 * * * 25-CONS-3229-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Dixon Operating Company, LLC Date Filed: 01/16/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * 25-MRGT-281-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Moundridge Telephone Company, Inc. Tariff Revisions Date Filed: 01/17/2025 * * * 25-RRLT-282-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Tariff for Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc. dba Nex-Tech Date Filed: 01/17/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Haaland Designates Five Affiliated Areas to Expand Storytelling at Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced five current and former schools in Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia as affiliated areas of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, reflecting a more complete telling of t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Celebrates Kansas Workforce Development Funding to Support Wildfire Risk Management TOPEKA, KS - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. is proud to announce $3,263,176 in federal funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to the Kansas Forest Service, in partnership with Kansas State University, for the construction of a new workforce development facility to support natura  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Warren lead over 130 colleagues urging Trump nominees to expand IRS Direct Free File Program WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) led over 130 members of Congress this week in writing to Treasury Secretary-Designate Scott B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Ernst Work to Close Migrant Crime Loophole Through Sarah's Law Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marshall and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are continuing the push for Sarah's Law to honor the memory of Sarah Root, a 21-year old woman who was struck and killed by an illegal immigrant drunk driving, and close the loophole in federal law that allowed her killer to escape justice when he was re  more