WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Amtrak Celebrates Upgrades at North Dakota Stations * Customers benefit from $30 million federal investment statewide DEVILS LAKE and FARGO, N.D. - Amtrak passengers have a more accessible experience at five North Dakota stations following about $30 million in upgrades. The Amtrak Empire Builder stops twice daily at stations on this route between Seattle or Portland and Chicago. "Making sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Cleaver, 36 House Democrats Urge Administration to End Tariff-Fueled Economic Assault on Soybean Farmers * (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sean Casten, along with 35 other House Democrats, called on the president to end the reckless tariff policies that are devastating American soybean farmers across the country. In a letter to the president, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Doubles Down on Data Center Concerns in Response to State Legislator * WASHINGTON -- Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) responded to Cindy O'Laughlin, President Pro Tempore of the Missouri State Senate, after she wrote a letter to Senator Hawley calling his concerns for Missourians' rising utility costs "misleading." He shot back at O'Laughlin, saying she "told me to stop asking questions a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Health & Education Justice Initiative (HEJI), St. Louis, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) urging the agency to retain an essential data collection requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This communication follows the DOE's recent Request for Comment regarding Information Collection 1820-0030 concerning the Annual State Application under Part B of the IDE more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Missouri Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by November 2024 Storms * Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America's 36 million small businesses. Every day that Senate Democ more PR