PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Virginia -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Virginia were 193,916, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 185,156, the U.S. Bure  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Presents $6M to City of KCMO for Brownfields Grants * LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 1, 2025) - Today, at 1810 Agnes Avenue in the Washington Wheatly neighborhood, EPA Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director DeAndre Singletary presented a $6 million award to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for their Brownfields Cleanup Grant and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). Singletary was  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by May Drought * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Kansas to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning May 27. The d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan * (Washington, D.C., August 1, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the Department's reorganization plan, as outlined in the Secretary's memorandum (PDF, 2.6 MB) issued on July 24, 2025. "As committed, we are  more