WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in June 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in all 50 states and the District. The largest 1-month percentage increases in employment occurred in Nevada (+8.5 percent), Michigan (+8.1 percent), and Kentucky (+6.6 percent). The largest increases in the number of  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, recently awarded a contract for dredging in western Michigan, on Lake Michigan. The Corps awarded a maintenance dredging contract for Holland (Outer) Harbor in June to Luedtke Engineering Company from Frankfort, Michigan. The contract (award number W911 XK20C0012) was for more than $455,000 to dredge almost 49,000 cubic yards of   more

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Army Col. Wayne Bondy said farewell to his role as DLA Disposition Services' deputy director in July as he prepares for a headquarters role in the Defense Logistics Agency. Bondy has served in Michigan since 2015 and his orders will take him to Fort Belvoir, Virginia. While this will be his first tour at Fort Belvoir, it will be his third with the agency. His first tour was s  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release: CWD Holdings LLC has agreed to pay the United States $8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly avoiding paying tariffs on certain imported brake parts. The settlement arises out of allegations that CWD falsely claimed that the mounted brake pads it in fact imported, which carried a 2.5% tariff, were unmounted brake  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Richard MacAuley, M.D., 74, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff. In January 2020, Dr. MacAuley pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring or obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, including by misleading   more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Dairy herds in Michigan produced 965 million pounds of milk during June, down 0.6 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,260 pounds for June, 25 pounds below June 2019. The dairy herd was estimated  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Mink pelt production in Michigan was 65.0 thousand pelts in 2019, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Female mink bred to produce kits in 2020 totaled 1.3 thousand. Mink pelt production in the United States in 2019 totaled 2.70 million pelts, down 15 percent f  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: A sample of soybean and vegetable growers across Michigan will soon be contacted by the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Region to participate in a set of surveys focusing on nutrient and fertilizer use, pesticide applications, and pest management practices. Conducted annually in the fall, Phase II of the Agricultural Res  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration: John Gibbs, of Michigan, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years. John Gibbs has been an appointee at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for more than three years, and currently serves as Acting Assistant Secretary for Communit  more