LENEXA, Kansas, Aug. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Educational organizations to receive over $3.1 million in EPA Environmental Education funding nationwide * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 33 organizations to receive over $3.1 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants program, including $99,795 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The University of Nebrask  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on Aug. 29, 2023, by Caryn Mohr, senior writer at the Center for Indian Country Development: * * * If you've seen one Native Community Development Financial Institution (Native CDFI), you've seen one Native CDFI. They're unique and diverse. At the same time, Native CDFIs share practices that--taken together--offer insights for one another, and for other financial institutions in Indian Cou  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 30 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the final rule, "Increasing th  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Attorney General Brown today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by a presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the final rule,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $808 million to help rural cooperatives and utilities build and improve electric infrastructure and increase electric grid reliability and security, connecting hundreds of thousands of people in rural areas. This funding will also help provide clean drinking water and sanitary wastewater s  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 30 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and 15 other state attorneys general sounded the alarm on the China-founded, fast-fashion retailer SHEIN's business practices - including reports of forced labor - and their potential Initial Public Offering (IPO) launch later this year. In a letter sent Thursday to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, the attorneys general urged the SEC to require any   more