WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 11, 2024, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson at the Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting: * * * I am very pleased to join everyone for this Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting. I thank Chair Behnam and Swati Shah, Designated Federal Officer for the AAC, as well as Scott Herndon, President, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, for their efforts to or  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A Detroit gas station owner has been charged with several federal crimes stemming from his involvement with a Detroit-based stash house that held over 40 kilograms of fentanyl, a pill press, and a variety of other materials used to manufacture fentanyl pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville Gre  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced two company expansions in Ingham and Kent counties, respectively, as part of their ongoing efforts to position Michigan as the ideal place for businesses to grow. Combined, the projects will create 85 new jobs and generate over $1.4 million in capital investment with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. "Today's announcement  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memorandum on April 11, 2024: * * * TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Structural Budget Balance All districts, including intermediate school districts (ISDs) and local education agencies (LEAs), both traditional public school districts and public school academ  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved Indiana Michigan Power Co.'s (I&M) application for approval of its power supply cost recovery (PSCR) reconciliation for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2021 (Case No. U-20805), disallowing the recovery of more than $11.6 million in customer costs. The Commission set the company's PSCR reconciliation beginning balance at $  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Perry Johnson Jr., 30, of Dunwoody, Georgia, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Johnson admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court   more