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News Tipoffs - Kentucky Editors Newsletter for Thursday April 25, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Praises Ruling Against Little Rock Landlord
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

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Kentucky to Receive $62,450,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, 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 the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet has been sele  more

BLS - Southeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Kentucky Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024'
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 24, 2024, entitled "Kentucky Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Kentucky had 114,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 116,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Kentu  more

DOE: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $17 Million To Build Domestic Supply Chain for Critical Minerals and Materials
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

Ky. U.S. Attorney's Office Partners With Local Law Enforcement to Commemorate National Crime Victims' Rights Week
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, along with the Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, the Fayette County Attorney's Office, the Lexington Police Department, the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff, and the Federal Bureau of Prison's Federal Medical Center commemorated 2024's National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) (Apri  more

Ky. U.S. Attorney: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Men for Conspiracy to Traffic Heroin, Fentanyl, and Cocaine
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment on April 17, 2024, charging two Louisville men with conspiracy to traffic heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, and Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel of the Louis  more

Mass. A.G. Campbell Hosts Thirteenth Annual National Cyber Crime Conference With Focus on Artificial Intelligence
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: This week, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell hosted the thirteenth annual National Cyber Crime Conference, the largest conference of its kind in the country. The conference is aimed at helping equip law enforcement and prosecutors with the tools and skills to effectively detect and combat cyber crime. The conference this year focused on Artificial Intelli  more

White House Fact Sheet: President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 3,780 More Borrowers in Kentucky, 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 3,780 More Borrowers in Kentucky, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 38,740 people in Kentucky under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including 3,  more