CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Feb. 15 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today announced nine additional healthcare facilities have been chosen to participate and receive technical support through the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program, which enhances healthcare delivery by providing technical assistance to critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, and other h  more

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Feb. 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Agency Charges That Company Fired Employees Who Failed Functions Test, Despite Their Ability to Perform Their Jobs * * * Hospital Housekeeping Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of housekeeping, food and facilities support to numerous industries, based in Dripping Springs, Texas, will pay $520,000 as part of the settlement of a disability discrimi  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Two former managers at the Economy Inn in Bay St. Louis were sentenced today for their involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs containing methamphetamine and fentanyl from the hotel. Pernell Robert Galloway, 54, was sentenced to 131 months in prison, and Cassie Louise McKenzie, 42, was sentenced to 115 mon  more

SIKESTON, Missouri, Feb. 15 -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2024: The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for the Southeast District during its regular meeting on Feb. 14. Contracts included pavement improvements, bridge replacements, and pavement marking improvements. Contracts included the following: * An $8,135,000 contract was awarded to Pace Construction Company, LLC for: - Pavement resurfacing on  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses and startups, announced the SBA's updated 2023 Equity Action Plan outlining actionable steps the agency will take to advance the Biden-Harris Administration's commit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The Winter 2024 edition of The Corps Environment is now available! Read the latest issue: https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/69675 This edition highlights considering the environment when employing a risk management and systems approach, in support of Environmental Operating Principle #5. Content includes commentary from Mr. Drew White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Installation Readiness Di  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 15 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Alabama, in Turtle Mountain v. Howe. The case involves a challenge to North Dakota's recent state redistricting map and is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The coalition of attorneys general submitted the brief in support of North Dakota. The case commenced in February 2022, when the Turt  more