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The U.S. federal government owes 1,281 small businesses approximately $3 million collectively in termination fees.

But the new law's rules don't apply to the vast majority of small businesses. The employer mandate , which forces firms to start providing insurance in 2014, pertains only to companies with at least 50 full-time workers.

Just two months after several provisions of the America Invents Act went into effect, the House Committee on Small Business met to evaluate how it's been doing.

The U.S. General Services Administration failed to fully pay more than 1,300 small contractors since 2008, shorting them a collective $3 million.

Fire drills, lockdown drills and tornado drills like this one in an eastern Michigan high school are required in all Michigan K-12 schools.

Five members of the U.S. House, citing regulations that they say have been overtaken by technology, are seeking to set a year-end 2015 deadline for the FAA to act on recommendations being developed for less costly - and safer - aircraft certification procedures.

Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, on Tuesday introduced the Light Aircraft Revitalization Act, which sponsors say would streamline the certification process, lower costs and revitalize the general aviation industry.

Plans for a major renovation of Kansas City International Airport flew through the City Council, but otherwise face strong political headwinds, The Kansas City Star reports.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 28--For more than two years, Kansas City aviation officials flew under the radar, quietly pushing a proposal to replace three aging terminals at Kansas City International Airport with a single new facility.

Declaring the Missouri River between Kansas City and Sioux City, Iowa, to be a Marine Highway could benefit the region by promoting navigation and economic development regionally, officials say.

U.S. Rep. Tom Graves issued the following statement after Politico reported today that members of Congress are seeking to exempt themselves and congressional staff from Obamacare: "I will oppose any effort to give Congress a special exemption from Obamacare.

The SBA administrator's next year budget includes $57 million for entrepreneurial development programs that Congress has not yet authorized.

Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act , the controversial cyber security bill sponsored by Rep.