FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, March 1 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: BERKLEY, Michigan - "We all win when there is diversity because diversity makes us all better," said U.S. Army Maj. Clarence Black, plans and operations officer for the 364th Theater Public Affairs Support Element. He is personally ensuring that his community has more diverse leaders while making history as the first African American elected to Berkley City Council (located in th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 1, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Michigan - 2022": * * * In 2022, Michigan women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $987, or 82.5 percent of the $1,197 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commis  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 2 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following weekly briefing (Vol. 6, Issue 9): This week, we announced the launch of Florida's Cold Case Investigations Unit that will help law enforcement agencies throughout the state with unsolved crimes. There are hundreds of thousands of unsolved murders in the U.S. and that number is growing every year. According to Project Cold Case, there are more than 20,000 open homicide cold cases in Florida since 1965.   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: At its meeting today, the Michigan Public Service Commission (Commission) issued a final order in Consumers Energy Company's most recent rate case, Case No. U-21389, approving an electric rate that is less than half of what the company requested. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel intervened in the case, arguing the requested increase was too much. The Commission approved   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: Today, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced the award of a state Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) grant that will support critical redevelopment efforts at the site of the former Palace of Auburn Hills with the potential to create up to 963 new jobs and spark $278 million private investment in the city of Auburn Hills. Administered by   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memorandum on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents FROM: Dr. Diane L. Golzynski, Deputy Superintendent Finance and Operations SUBJECT: 31ff/Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training (SMART) Program The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is announcing the availability of funds for the Student Mental Health Appren  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The Michigan Department of Education Office of the Superintendent issued the following memorandum on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Delsa D. Chapman, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports SUBJECT: Read by Grade Three Retention Repeal, Assessment Changes, and Continued Requirements Over the past several years, Michigan's Read by Grade   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a more than $92 million increase in rates for electric customers of Consumers Energy Co., including significant emphasis on investments needed to improve reliability (Case No. U-21389). The $92,009,000 increase is 57.4% lower than the $216 million rate increase the utility sought in its initial application. Consumers late  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: * * * Disallows More Than $2.7M in Costs * * * The MPSC approved DTE Electric Co.'s application for approval of the reconciliation of its power supply costs recovery (PSCR) expenses and revenues for 2021 (Case No. U-20827), rejecting $2.7 million in costs the company sought to recover from outages at generating facilities. The Commission set DTE Electric's PSCR reconciliation beginning ba  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his Administration. * Marty Walsh, Nominee for Governor, United States Postal Service * Judy W. Chang, Nominee to be a Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission * David Rosner, Nominee to be a Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission * Lindsay S. See, Nominee   more