BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dajuan Williams, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in the United States District Court on January 4, 2024, following his guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering charges described in counts 1 and 4 of the October 5, 2021 superse  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 10, 2024, entitled "Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Michigan - 2022": * * * Private industry employers reported 83,600 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Michigan in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this resul  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Cooper Heat Treating LLC of Detroit, Michigan, over alleged violations of Clean Air Act requirements aimed at preventing chemical accidents at facilities that use certain hazardous substances. The company has paid a penalty of $12,300. Following a June 2022 inspection of the company's Detroit facility for heat treating automobil  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the selection of three applicants to receive more than $17 million through the agency's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. The awards, which are made possible through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, will help selec  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Indiana is set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. EPA selected First Student Inc. for a $39,499,635 grant to purchase 100 clean school buses in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minne  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Minnesota is set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. * First Student Inc. was selected to receive $39,499,635 to purchase 100 clean school buses in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Ohio is set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. * First Student Inc. was selected to receive $39,499,635 to purchase 100 buses in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. *   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wisconsin is set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. * First Student Inc. has been selected to receive $39,499,635 to purchase 100 buses in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and W  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Today, following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy, a federal jury convicted Reginald Hitchcock on charges of fentanyl and cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville O. Greene, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Detroit Divisi  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: Livonia pharmacy owner Zaman Alshafey was sentenced to three years in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey following his guilty plea to wire fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered to forfeit approximately $9 million dollars as the gross proceeds of his unlawful conduct, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Is  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A West Bloomfield doctor was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the unlawful prescribing of prescription drug-controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Joining Ison in the announcement was Special Agent in Charge Orville O. Greene, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Scott Henry Cooper, 61, was se  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on Jan. 8, 2024, on a joint resolution (H.J.Res. 98) providing for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to a "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status". The joint resolution was introduced by Rep. John James, R-Michigan, and 68 cosponsors. * * * The Administra  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, as the preferred location to host the next KC-46A Pegasus pending the outcome of a planned environmental impact analysis in 2025. Twelve KC-46As are expected to replace the aging A-10C Thunderbolt IIs and KC-135 Stratotankers at Selfridge ANGB. The A-10s at Selfridge ANGB are expected to begin divestment in 2026, and the KC-135s the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 55) entitled "CSX Transportation Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Muskegon County, Michigan": * * * CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.81-mile rail line that runs between milepost CGCS 56.35 and milepost CGCS 60.16 on the South Horn Spur   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, as the preferred location to host the next KC-46A Pegasus pending the outcome of a planned environmental impact analysis in 2025. Twelve KC-46As are expected to replace the aging A-10C Thunderbolt IIs and KC-135 Stratotankers at Selfridge ANGB. The A-10s at Selfridge ANGB are expected to begin divestment in 2026, and the KC-135s the  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Larry Williams Jr., 52, of Pontiac, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 9, 2023, Williams sold approximately 1 gram of methamphetamine and a quantity of heroin to a confidential informant at a Washington Avenue location in Huntington  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Today, Scott Jeremy Savage, 46, of Nitro, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and Dashounieque Lashay Wright, 27, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to use of a communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking. Both ad  more