WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Humana Inc., Louisville, Kentucky: * * * To: William N. Parham, III Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21244 RE: Medicare Part C Utilization Management Annual Dat more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following ex parte public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the Kentucky Bankers Association: * * * MEMORANDUM DOCKET: Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions Docket No. CFPB-2024-0002/ RIN 3170-AA42 89 FR 13852 (Feb 23, 2024) SUBJECT: Meeting with Kentucky Bankers Association PARTICIPANTS: Hank Allen, Commercial Bank of West Liberty James Ayers, First State Bank Ballard Cassady, Kentuck more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 22, 2024, from Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and 23 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Joseph Goffman Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington DC 20460 Subject: Opposing Use of Radioactive Phosphogypsum in Pilot Project (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ- OAR-2024-0446) * * * Dear Assistant A more ST

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: The final member of a two-man fentanyl distribution case was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Lesley Allison of the Pittsburgh Division, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of the Homeland more PR

LONDON, Kentucky, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: A Louisville man, Nathan Cole, 28, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 40 grams of more of a mixture containing fentanyl. According to his plea agreement, on April 21, 2023, Cole sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to a con more PR

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: A Louisville man was sentenced this week to 11 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Ran more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israel: "It's been a week since Israel and Hizballah agreed to a ceasefire. War is hell, and I hope sincerely that this marks a durable end to the immediate conflict. "But hope is not a strategy, and I know better than to expect honest dealing from hardened terrori more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Small Business Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 7, 2024, from Semper Tek, Lexington, Kentucky: * * * To: Laura Maas Deputy Director, Office of HUBZone U.S. Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW Washington, DC 20416 (202) 205-7341 Re: Comments on Proposed Rule on HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs Docket No. SBA-2024-0007/RIN 3245-AH68 * * * Dear M more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: A Kentucky man pleaded guilty on Dec. 2, 2024, to a felony charge stemming from his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Matthew Brent Carver, 50, of Vanceburg, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Network (RPN) communities and other more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has issued the following news release: * * * Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities * * * LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partne more PR