WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2023: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chair Sara C. Bronin today announced that Ira L. Matt, Director of the Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples, was selected for a detail at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Ira will serve as OSTP's first-ever Assistant Director for Indigenous Engagement and Native American Affairs. His appointment was an  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 21, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma - Second Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in all three of the largest counties in Oklahoma from June 2022 to June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2022.) A  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 22 -- The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation) issued the following news release: A group of four presidents of diverse higher education institutions from across the country have joined the College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, a new initiative convened by The Institute for Citizens & Scholars to facilitate shared learning and greater impact through partnership toward the goal of developing college stud  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today sued Colony Ridge, a Texas-based developer and lender, for operating an illegal land sales scheme and targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers with false statements and predatory loans. "Today's complaint alleges that Colony Ridge targeted Hispanic consumers with predatory loans, misled borrowers about th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $17,500 civil penalty to Century Geophysical of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for seven violations of NRC requirements associated with their use of radioactive materials. The NRC identified the apparent violations of agency requirements during inspections conducted between December 2022 and March 2023, with continued in-office review through July 2023  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas posted the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have sued Colony Ridge for operating an illegal land sales scheme and targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers with false statements and predatory loans. "Today's complaint alleges that Colony Ridge targeted Hispanic consumers with predatory loans, misled borrowers about   more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Dec. 21 -- The University of Tulsa College of Engineering and Natural Sciences issued the following news on Dec. 19, 2023: U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege, who most recently served as chief information officer at U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, has been named the inaugural executive director of the Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute (OCII) at The University of Tulsa. The university announced Tuesday that Raduege is bringing his vast experience with technol  more