WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 geographic support products for District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wyoming and Puerto Rico. These geographic products are provided to support redistricting efforts by state and local governments and contain newly created 2020 Census blocks and updated block groups, census tracts, voting districts, and  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: A Detroit grocery store employed several minors in violation of federal child labor laws by allowing them to operate trash compactors and tend to bottle recycling machines. Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation, Greenfield Market paid civil money penalties of $10,000 after investigators found the employer allowed workers between 15 and 17-years-old to operate or tend  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2021: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division announced today that $18,675,763 in federal funding has been made available to the city of Detroit for costs related to their COVID-19 response under the federal disaster de  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Department of Health and Human Services have reached a settlement with Great Lakes Surgical Associates, a surgical practice with multiple locations in Michigan. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that the practice violated the Americans with Disabilit  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Birge, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2021: U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Kenneth Nash, the owner of a South Haven home health agency, was sentenced to sixty-three months in federal prison. Nash pled guilty to health care fraud on October 28, 2020, admitting that his company, Universal Home Health Care, submitted claims for home health services totaling more than $7  more

BELLAIRE, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has found that Trinidad Resort & Club LLC, operator of the Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime requirements repeatedly when it paid workers only for the hours they were scheduled, rather than for the total number of hours they actually worked. The investigation led to the division's recovery   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 07-RD-270474) by Region 7 Director Terry Morgan: MIDMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER - WEST BRANCH/1, Employer and SEIU HEALTHCARE MICHIGAN/2 Union and RUTH FOURNIER, an Individual, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION The Employer provides acute care, rehabilitation, and nursing care services at its medical center facilities located in West Branch, Michigan. Petitioner seeks to decertify the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36482) entitled "East Chicago Rail Terminal -- Acquisition and Operation Exemption -- Rail Line of Chrome at East Chicago, Ind.": East Chicago Rail Terminal, LLC (ECRT), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1150.31 to acquire from Chrome, LLC (Chrome), and operate approximately 467 feet of track between the connection to In  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Michigan woman was indicted on allegations that she intentionally misappropriated government funds that were designed to aid medical providers in the treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19 and used them for her own personal expenses. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin of the Eastern District of Mich  more