PHOENIX, Arizona, March 13 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: In a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week, Attorney General Mayes and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general urged the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "A rapidly evolving technology landscape requires updated rules and strategies for keepin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Area - December 2023": * * * Detroit area CPI unchanged over the past two months, up 4.5 percent from a year ago * * * The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), was unchanged for the two months ending in December  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Area - February 2024": * * * Detroit area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past two months, up 2.8 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.6 percent in February, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau   more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: A Michigan man was found guilty by a jury today of maliciously setting fires to six semi-trailers belonging to a major commercial trucking company in the Inland Empire and High Desert during a 10-month span. Viorel Pricop, 66, of Allen Park, Michigan, was found guilty of six counts of arson of vehicle or property in interstate commerce. Pric  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 13 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist "Ice," says Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith, "can be either a friend, or a foe. You can make it work for you, or it can work against you." Making ice work "for" and not "against" the U.S. military is the mission behind Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE), a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that recently   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: * * * Use of the psychoactive cannabis product is higher in states without existing delta-8 regulations or cannabis legalization, NIH-funded study finds. * * * Approximately 11% of 12th-grade students across the United States reported past-year use of delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC, or delta-8 for short), according to  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: If Civil Air Patrol needs an example of a Renaissance cadet, look no further than Cadet Maj. Gabriella Orme of the Michigan Wing. As if flying as a pilot, running her own aviation welding business out of her garage, and attending community college aren't enough, she's also medaled in some 100 martial arts competitions, with an eye toward possibly competing in the Olympics as part of the U.S. Taekwo  more

PORTER, Indiana, March 13 -- The National Park Service Indiana Dunes National Park issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Indiana Dunes National Park has received approximately $22 million from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund to stabilize and restore three nationally significant historic buildings. This spring, restoration efforts will begin on the Bailly Homestead, the Good Fellow Camp Lodge, and the Century of Progress District's House of Tomorrow.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/031124_Garland_Vanderstok_Amicus.pdf) with the Supreme Court, in the case Garland v. VanDerStok, in support of the federal government's request for review of a lower court decision that invalida  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general, joined a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/031124_COPPA_Rule_Review_Letter_FINAL.pdf) urging the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Onl  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: * * * Baby Formula Manufacturer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Employee with Work-Hardening Program or Additional Leave, Federal Agency Charged * * * Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, will make a $15,000 donation to the American Cancer Society and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Pursuant to a settlement agreement reached last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel secured a consent judgement to resolve a state lawsuit against Rockford business owner David Foster and his limited liability companies (LLCs) Michigan's Choice Tree Service and Storm Support Emergency Tree Removal. The Attorney General sued Foster and the LLCs in the 30th Circuit Cou  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COPPA-Rule-Review-Letter_FINAL.pdf), Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general to urge the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) shared at today's State Board of Education meeting information about successful efforts that helped increase four-year graduation rates in 2023 in all 17 categories of students that are tracked. In 13 of the 17 categories, the 2023 rates were higher than pre-pandemic 2019 graduation rates. Increasing graduation rates is goal 5 of Mi  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation that expands access to drug treatment options and family support programs through the circuit courts. The new laws establish a family treatment court, which creates a clearer path to programs that address substance abuse, provide oversight on child safety, and grant access to mental health resources. The new laws al  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing approximately $2.4 million to build 2.3 miles of shared-use path along M-115 from west of the southern branch of the Tobacco River to Beech Street in Clare County. The project includes bridge rebuilding, concrete sidewalk, drainage, approach, and pavement marking work. * * * County: Clare * * * Highway:   more

MT. PLEASANT, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing approximately $37 million to improve 6.6 miles of US-127 from M-57 to north of Bagley Road in Gratiot County. This project includes resurfacing work and pavement repairs, indirect left turns, guardrail work, sign work, resurfacing of the carpool lot of US-127, and bridge and culvert work over Bad River, B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 96 months' imprisonment to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. Dodson pr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "Our laws need to catch up to our technology," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "I'm urging the FTC to strengthen online priva  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Feb. 26 - March 1, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions Collins Building Services, Inc. (29-RD-319570; 373 NLRLB No. 32) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583c89401) Long Island City, NY, February 27, 2024. The Board denied the Petitioner's Request for Review of the Regional Director's Order Dismissing Petition as it raised no substantial issues warranting review. The Regi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its new rule under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) urging the Commission to "update the COPPA Rule to keep pace and give State Attorneys General the tools they need to respond to a digital world rife with risk." The letter, which was led by the States of Oregon, Illinois,  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Launches the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose Today, in support of President Biden's Unity Agenda efforts to beat the overdose crisis, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose. The Challenge is a nationwide call-to-action to stakeholders across all sectors to save lives by committing to increase trainin  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden Announces Over $3 Billion to Reconnect Communities That Have Been Left Behind and Divided by Transportation Infrastructure Today, President Biden will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to announce $3.3 billion to reconnect and rebuild communities in more than 40 states, including those that were divided by transportation infrastructure decades ago and have long been overlooked. These project  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Mach 12, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Q: And then, quick- -- quickly on Haiti. Did the U.S. wait too long in its support of Prime Minister Henry, given that he had been accused of being involved in the plot to assassinate President Moise? And how can the U.S. avoid getting dragged further into this conflict  more