WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- 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 PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Announces Fiscal Year 2026 Budget TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday her annual budget, which is balanced and continues to fully fund Kansas' K-12 public schools. The budget also invests in early childhood services and special education and addresses both short and long-term water needs. "I'm a fiscal conservative, which is why, once again, I'm proposing a budget t more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Announces More than $4M to Improve Railroad Crossing Infrastructure TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday two Kansas communities have secured over $3.3 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination program. "Improving railroad crossings in Kansas i more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Announces Over $2.6M to Address Violent Crime TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday that Kansas has been awarded over $2.6 million in funding through the Federal Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) grant program. This funding supports innovative strategies and programs designed to reduce violent crime, target risk factors likely to lead to violence, and provi more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 16 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-277-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Wicked Transportation LLC Date Filed: 01/15/2025 * * * 25-ATMG-278-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Application for Atmos Energy Date Filed: 01/15/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.as more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch, Cloud Introduce Bill to Block Federal Gun Registry WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) introduced today the No Retaining Every Gun In a System that Restricts Your (REGISTRY) Rights Act. This legislation would prevent the U.S. government from creating a federal firearms registry. "The ATF's excessive overreach has gone unchecked for too long.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Pens Op-Ed in Washington Examiner: Scott Bessent is the Right Leader to Revive America's Economy Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlighting how President Trump's Secretary of Treasury nominee, Scott Bessent, will deliver economic opportunity for all Americans. Marshall's op-ed articulated why he is the right man at th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall to Treasury Secretary Nominee, Scott Bessent: Let's Help Main Street, Small Businesses and Rural America Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. voted in support of President Trump's Secretary of Treasury Nominee, Scott Bessent, in the Senate Finance Committee hearing. Senator Marshall discussed how Bessent will deliver for small town America, champion and reform the 45 more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall, Make America Healthy Again Caucus React to FDA's Red Dye Ban WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Marshall, M.D., the Chair of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Caucus, and his colleagues released the following statements after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially banned Red No. 3 from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines. The MAHA Caucus is a bicameral i more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Blackburn and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Dismantle Unlawful IRS Direct File Program Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D., Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV.), and U.S. House Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced the Fostering Auton more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $6.2 Million to Support Forestry and Construction Industry Workforce Development in Kansas WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $6.2 million in the state of Kansas to support forestry and construction industry workforce d more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. The map is the first of its kind at continental scale anywhere, showing likely underground areas to explore for geologic hydrogen. It reveals areas of interest that have the potential to hold accumulations of geologic hydrogen, including a mid-continent region that covers Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and more PR