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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday March 28, 2024 ( 4 items )  

EPA Enforcement Action Leads to Settlement With School Bus Transportation Company for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with First Student, a company that owns, operates, and stores school buses throughout the United States, including in Connecticut. EPA alleges that the company violated federal clean air standards by allowing buses in two Connecticut locations to idle for excessive periods of time. Working cooperativel  more

EPA New England Honors 2024 Energy Star Winners in Conn., Mass. and N.H.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proud to honor New England Region ENERGY STAR winners for their outstanding leadership in support of the clean energy transition. ENERGY STAR Award Winners will be recognized at an event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 25. "I congratulate this year's award winners for their innovation and leadership in delivering cost-effective energ  more

Federal Court Forbids Framingham Restaurants, Owner From Threatening Workers During Department of Labor Investigation, Litigation
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Samba Steak and Sushi, China Gourmet allegedly violated overtime, recordkeeping rules * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent preliminary injunction and order in federal court forbidding a Framingham restaurant and its owner from threatening or retaliating against employees and interfering with the department's ongoing litigation. The department's  more

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: * * * CfA astronomers led two new EHT studies that have produced the first polarized light image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. * * * A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration -- which includes scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) -- has uncovered st  more