WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on April 25, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet, Declaratory Ruling, Order, Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration" (WC Docket No 23-320): * * * Today, we take the important and necessary step to give control of the Internet to those who deserve it: Consumers. That is what this item is really about. Some, no doubt today, wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. ER24-1313-000) involving award of incentives to Exelon Corp.: * * * In today's order, the majority grants the Abandoned Plant Incentive - a transfer of wealth from consumers to transmission developers and risk from developers to consumers (one may ask whether this is exactly a fair exchange) - even though Exelon has  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A construction company based in South Carolina and its owner entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by taking two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip Sell  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 26, 2024: On Thursday, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a 17-State coalition, led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA).  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 25, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key Actions to Strengthen America's Electric Grid, Boost Clean Energy Deployment and Manufacturing Jobs, and Cut Dangerous Pollution from the Power Sector Since Day One, President Biden has led and delivered on the most ambitious climate and environmental justice agenda in history, including securing the largest-ever climate investment. The power sect  more