ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Federal Agency Charges Muslim Teen Was Harassed, Retaliated Against, and Forced to Quit * * * National restaurant chain Chipotle violated federal law when a manager at the company's Lenexa, Kansas location harassed a teen worker for wearing a hijab and when the company retaliated against her after she complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Roberto Balbuena-Ignacio, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Balbuena-Ignacio to 235 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Afte  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Sept. 28, 2023: This week, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that the Constitution includes an individual right to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and oth  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (TNSrpt) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Takes Landmark Step to Counter Antisemitism Today, as part of President Biden's National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, eight federal agencies clarified--for the first time in writing--that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just one day before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and livelihoods and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have devastating consequences for small businesses and needlessly undermine America's economic progress. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan action toward keeping the government  more