LENEXA, Kansas, March 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: * * * Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska manufacturing plants are among those recognized for their ENERGY STAR certifications * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 103 U.S. manufacturing plants, including four in Region 7 states, that earned the Agency's ENERGY STAR certification in 2023, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in th  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $607,395 in back wages for 227 people working on an extension of the Valley Metro Light Rail system in the Phoenix metro area. Several investigations of the companies working for Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. -- the federally supported project's prime contractor -- identified violations of the Davis-Bacon and Rel  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Stephen Ismael Monarrez, 45, of Carrol, Iowa, was sentenced on March 13, 2024 in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for distributing methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Monarrez to 120 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Monarrez's release from prison, h  more