Tuesday - May 14, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday April 28, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Coalition for Green Capital to Receive $62.45 Million to Deliver Residential Solar in South Dakota, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice
PIERRE, South Dakota, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * Selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Coalition for Green Capital has been selected to receive $62,4  more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'South Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 24, 2024, entitled "South Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * South Dakota had 29,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 27,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Sou  more

Deadline Approaching in South Dakota for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Drought
SACRAMENTO, California, April 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 11 South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Minnesota and North Dakota of the May 20, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low interest loans  more

Ellsworth AFB: Eighth Air Force Commander Visits Raider Country
ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, April 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Brittany Kenney, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint Global Strike Operations Center commander, visited the 28th Bomb Wing April 17-19, where he toured various base facilities and engaged with Raiders from several units. Accompanying Armagost was Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie Woods, Eighth Air Force comma  more

FCC Commissioner Carr Issues Statement on Implementation of National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018
WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on April 25, 2024, by Commissioner Brendan Carr on an action entitled "Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" (WC Docket No. 18-336). * * * A year ago, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, I had the opportunity to visit the Helpline Center--an organization that provides mental and behavioral health services and that answers over 100,000 calls   more

White House Fact Sheet: President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 670 More Borrowers in South Dakota, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt
WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 670 More Borrowers in South Dakota, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 8,450 people in South Dakota under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, includi  more