DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Appliance Store Refused to Provide Reasonable Accommodation to Sales Associate with Long COVID, Federal Agency Charges * * * A&A Appliance, Inc., doing business as Appliance Factory, a corporation operating appliance stores in four states, violated federal law when it refused to provide an accommodation to an employee with long COVID at its Thornton, Colorado l  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Landry's Seafood House Discriminated and Retaliated Against Iranian Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * National restaurant chain Landry's Seafood House violated federal law when it subjected an Iranian employee to a hostile work environment based on her national origin and retaliated against her when she made discrimination complaints at its Englewood, Colo  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $7.4 million in federal funding was awarded to local emergency management agencies in New York State to support planning and operational readiness for disaster response. The Emergency Management Performance Grant is provided on an annual basis by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding is administered by the New York State Division   more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following transcript on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered remarks at the Business Council of New York's annual meeting in Bolton Landing. VIDEO of the event is available on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/uWapAmthnRU) and in TV quality (h.264, mp4) format here (https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/qrFraW07AT). AUDIO of the event is available here (https://soundcloud.com/govkathyhochul/gov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced sugar loan rates for crop year 2023 (fiscal year 2024). Marketing Assistance Loan Rates USDA offers commodity loans to processors of sugar beets and domestically grown sugarcane to provide interim financing to producers so that sugar can be stored after harvest when   more