ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * National retailer has faced more than $21M in proposed penalties since 2017 * * * Workplace safety inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor in Alabama and Florida have found three Dollar General locations exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions. In October 2022, inspectors with the department's Occupational Safety and Healt  more

HARTSHORNE, Oklahoma, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * National retailer assessed more than $21M in proposed penalties since 2017 * * * When federal workplace safety investigators opened inspections in December 2022 at two Dollar General stores in southeast Oklahoma, they found blocked exit routes and walkways exposing employees to fire hazards, the same types of violations investigators discovered i  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: * * * Identified 914 violations, including 257 significant, substantial violations since Jan. 1, 2023 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 20 mines in 15 states in April 2023 and found 335 violations. Since Jan. 1, 2023, MSHA's inspections identified 914 violat  more

GREENBELT, Maryland, June 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including the theft of checks from the ma  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 41 of his counterparts today announced a $102.5 million multistate settlement with the maker of Suboxone - Indivior Inc. - for violations of state and federal antitrust laws. Ohio will receive about $5.9 million. "My office has the pharmaceutical industry under a microscope," Yost said. "From drug manufacturers to PBMs to distributors - we're keeping  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 4 issued the following news release: Workplace safety inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor in Alabama and Florida have found three Dollar General locations exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions. In October 2022, inspectors with the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered spare shelving, rolling containers and merchandise b  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 2 (TNSpar) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: It's official: A partnership between Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is set to bring new career options to students and a stronger workforce to the national lab. On May 31, representatives from the college and the U.S. Department of Energy's ORNL signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the new Chemical Radiation Technol  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, June 3 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Deb Henley, 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2 Two northwest Tennessee rural county residents took part in the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2's change of command ceremony on May 19 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Lt. Col. Dierk Seifert, Martin, Tennessee native, was on stage to relinquish his command to  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, June 3 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on June 2, 2023, by at a Gun Violence Awareness Day event at the John R. Lewis High School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, everyone! (Applause.) Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Can we give it up for Jada? (Applause.) And, you know, I will tell you, I'm so honored to be here, in particular with all of the young leaders like Jada, because you all are what this is all about. And we are so pr  more