WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 31, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Kansas State University has been selected to receive nearly $600,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * Kansas State University (KSU) was selected to receive $231,553 in traditional P2 funding. KSU will   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October 2024 jobs report showing only 12,000 jobs created: "This jobs report is more evidence of the stunning incompetence of the Biden-Harris Administration. If you look under the hood of the Biden-Harris jo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Kansas City, Kansas. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined National Report on Newsmax to discuss the White House altering records of President Joe Biden calling Trump supporters 'Garbage,' and how Kamala Harris has sidelined American agriculture. Senator Marshall highlighted his new op-ed, Farmers and Ranchers Turn to Trump to Deliver, that contrasts President Trump's Farmers First agenda with the past   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Kansas City, Kansas. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Fox Business' Varney & Co. to discuss the migrant surge at the southern border leading up to a potential Trump presidency, and his new op-ed, Farmers and Ranchers Turn to Trump to Deliver, that contrasts President Trump's Farmers First agenda with the past four years of the Biden-Harris anti-agriculture agenda. Highlights from the interview inclu  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 2 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5031-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 11/01/2024 * * * 25-EKCE-205-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Application for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Evergy Kansas Metro Date Filed: 11/01/2024 * * * 25-HVDT-204-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Haviland Telepho  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced Friday that four Kansas communities have secured more than $1.9 million in infrastructure funding to improve local airports. The communities secured more than $1.7 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program. Additionally, these projects are receiving almos  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 2 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Agriculture welcomed a beef genetics trade team from Canada in late October. The diverse trade team represented progressive seedstock operations located throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta and the participants had varied cattle breed interests including Black and Red Angus, Charolais, Hereford, and Simmental breeds. The trade team's itinerary included stops at McCurry Angu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Overland Park, Kansas U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in sending a letter calling out President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for fueling a national security crisis at the southern border through a series of destructive executive orders. "Instead of addressing the flow of illegal immigration and illicit drugs across our borders, your administration has turned its back on  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: The National Park Service today announced the addition of seven new sites to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. This national network connects sites across the country who provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Era (1861-1900) is one of the most fascinating and misunderstood periods   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Kansas City, KS U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Market Day Report on RFDTV to discuss the 45Z Biofuel Tax Credit and how we can ensure American Agriculture is being put first. You may click HERE or on the link above to watch Senator Marshall's full interview. Highlights from Senator Marshall's interview include: On The Current 45Z Tax Credit: "I think that when they write the rules for this, th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. NOR 42180) entitled "Evergy Inc., Evergy Metro Inc., and Evergy Kansas Central Inc. Vs. BNSF Railway Co.": * * * On January 31, 2024, Evergy, Inc., Evergy Metro, Inc., and Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (collectively, Complainants), filed a complaint against BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), alleging that BNSF has violated its obligations under 49 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 11101(a  more