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“Open House” Event for new Energy-Star Rated Raytown Homes built with Neighborhood Stabilization Program set for 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2^nd, 2012

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the withdrawal of a proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations, saying, "The decision to withdraw this rule – including provisions to define the ‘parental exemption' – was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms." The full release by the DOL is available here.

Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, announced a series of matching and partnership grants. $25 million dollars, $4 million of which is in arts education projects, will be awarded in matching grants, and a whopping $48.5 million will be awarded in matching partnership grant awards. These funds help support projects ranging from commissions, residencies, rehearsals, workshops, performances, exhibitions, publications, festivals, to training programs and literature fellowships.

Congressman Cleaver, along with U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $72.6 million to public housing agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to supply permanent housing and case management for more than 10,000 homeless veterans. In Missouri's Fifth District, the Kansas City Housing Authority will receive $290,042 for fifty vouchers to assist veterans.