LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 24 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after a Pulaski County Circuit Court entered an order enforcing a $20,000 civil penalty against Entropy Systems, Inc. and Little Rock landlord Imran Bohra for failure to follow a consent judgment: "After years of failing to follow the law and blatantly disregarding an order to notify tenants of their   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority has been  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Virginia Department of Energy has been selected to receive more than $156 million through the Solar for All  more

CENTRE HALL, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * OSHA identifies 9 repeat, 51 serious violations at Centre Hall plant * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has again found Hanover Foods Corp., a large food manufacturer with a history of hazardous workplace safety practices, in violation of dozens of safety and health hazards at its Centre Hall facility. The producer of glass-pack, canned,  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * Funding from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Will Develop More Affordable, Sustainable Production Processes, and Create Good-Paying Jobs Throughout the Nation * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $17.5 million for four projects that will help lower the costs and reduce the environmental impacts of the onshore prod  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and rural households * * * Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the West Virginia Office of Energy has been selected to receive $106 million through the Solar for All grant competition to develop long-lasting solar programs th  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlement of a multi-media case against a Maryland oil recycling facility. Petroleum Recovery and Remediation Management, Inc. (PMI) will pay a $230,000 penalty to settle alleged Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and Clean Water Act violations at its Baltimore, Maryland facility. Included  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, leaders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), and Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) joined to celebrate Earth Week and highlight a new ad campaign, 'Trash Free Waters Begin with YOU!' appearing throughout the city at multiple SEPTA and PATCO stops. Focusing on the importance of keeping litter off str  more

CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The U.S. Army War College issued the following news: By Robert Martin, USAWC PAO Carlisle Barracks, April 18th - Italian Gen. Guglielmo Miglietta, the Commander of Joint Force Command Brunssum, was inducted into the U.S. Army War College International Hall of Fame. The recognition not only celebrates his career but also highlights the impact of his experiences at the War College on his journey to becoming a senior leader. Gen. Miglietta, a 2005 gra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 23 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. The final rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for light- and medium-duty ve  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to intervene in a case to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. These include passenger cars, large pickup trucks, and vans. The rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for harmful air pollutants, i  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"); and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today th  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Since joining the Lab in 2018, NETL Associate Counsel Kari Skovira has established herself as a leader in the implementation of U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) responsibilities under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Interagency Agreement under the Clean Air Act between NETL and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). H  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: In honor of Crime Victims' Rights Week, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) visited the Berks County Courthouse today to highlight the county's collaborative approach in supporting victims and the importance of Governor Shapiro's proposed $5 million investment in the Victims Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP) in the 2024-25 s  more

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Bipartisan legislation to help independent pharmacies compete was discussed at a news conference today outside Porter's Pharmacy and Compounding Lab in Moon Township with the bill's authors, state Reps. Jessica Benham, D-Allegheny, and Valerie Gaydos, R-Allegheny; as well as Congressman Chris Deluzio, PA-17, and local pharmacists. "Patients deserve a system that keeps   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, Senator Hughes, Congressman Dwight Evans, the Mayor's office, and leaders from across Pennsylvania broke ground on a new affordable housing project in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia. The housing development, located at 3701 Brown Street, will feature new apartments for senior citizens. "This project is for our seniors in the community, but it also sends  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A Dominican Republic native and former New York City resident has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months of incarceration, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction for federal drug trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Robert J. Co  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 25 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on April 24, 2024: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today encouraged Pennsylvanians to share their outdoor interests and activities in a 10-minute, online survey that will assist with developing the state's next outdoor recreation plan. DCNR is working with experts across the state to develop the next Statew  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: THERESA, N.Y. - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit assisted the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on a traffic stop that resulted in the seizure of more than one million smuggled cigarettes. More than one million smuggled cigarettes not manufactured in the United States were seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents.   more

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $70 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for 43 projects in 29 states that will improve fish passage around outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation's rivers and streams. Projects receiving funding showcase a diverse po  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 10,800 More Borrowers in Pennsylvania, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 112,510 people in Pennsylvania under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, in  more