SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Kansas small nonfarm businesses in Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley and Wabaunsee counties of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to of  more

LENEXA, Kansas, March 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: * * * Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska manufacturing plants are among those recognized for their ENERGY STAR certifications * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 103 U.S. manufacturing plants, including four in Region 7 states, that earned the Agency's ENERGY STAR certification in 2023, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in th  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on March 14, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, 2024 Section 706 Report" (GN Docket No. 22-270): * * * Today, in assessing "the availability of advanced telecommunications capabilities," we update our broadband benchmark to 100 Mbps download speed an  more