WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to strengthen maternal health, an estimated 691,000 Americans annually are now eligible for essential care for a full year after pregnancy. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced Utah's extension of comprehensive coverage for postpartum individu  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced Utah's extension of comprehensive coverage for postpartum individuals for a full 12 months through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Today's announcement marks critical progress i  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on March 8, 2024: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University (K-State) today announced the agenda for the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon2024). The conference is scheduled for April 11-12 in Overland Park, Kansas. See the full conference agenda. Register for AgCon2024. The conferen  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: * * * Panels Will Explore Issues Impacting Derivatives Markets and the Agricultural Sector * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University (K-State) today announced the agenda for the third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon2024). The conference is scheduled for April 11-12 in Over  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, March 9 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Team McConnell conducted a dynamic hub and spoke joint force refueling tactical exercise, EXPLODEO, deploying two KC-135 Stratotankers and four KC-46 Pegasus aircraft to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Feb. 26 - Feb. 28. Operating out of JBLM as a hub, McConnell supported multiple spoke  more

LIBERAL, Kansas, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor\'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 7 issued the following news release: Federal investigators determined a Liberal truck washing company failed to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide gas as they entered over-the-road tanker trailers to clean them out, causing one worker's fatal injuries and hospitalizing two co-workers. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration responded to a repo  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Coast Guard Capt. Dorothy M. Stratton held a life-long commitment to public service and was an inspirational leader during a very diff  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of paper plates from China, Thailand, and Vietnam that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of China and Vietnam. Chairman David S. Johanson and C  more