LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 28 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after co-leading a 27-state comment letter opposing a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would unduly burden state and national meat and poultry producers and illegally expand the EPA's regulatory authority: "The EPA wants to impose illegal and crippling regulations on meat and poultry   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * Inspections identified 58 significant, substantial violations, 2 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 13 mines in nine states in February 2024, identifying 207 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an  more

SHELBY, Ohio, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * ArcelorMittal Tubular Products USA LLC faces $253K in proposed penalties * * * Despite citations from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for similar hazards at its Shelby facility in 2022, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products USA LLC -- a subsidiary of one of North America's largest steel suppliers -- failed to prote  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Financial decision-makers notably increased their expectations for real GDP growth in 2024, according to the results of The CFO Survey, a collaboration of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta. In the survey, which closed on March 8, CFOs also note an increase in labor-replacing automation. CFOs revised upw  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is pushing back against a recent proposal from the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that seeks to impose, for the first time ever, new pollution limits and pretreatment standards on meat and poultry processors. Currently, the EPA regulates roughly 150 meat processing facilities in the U.S. With this proposed rule, the EPA would sweep into i  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 28 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: * * * Casino Managers Failed to Act When Bartender Reported Sexual Assault and Sexually Explicit Comments by Fellow Bartender * * * Golden Entertainment, Inc., the former owner and operator of Rocky Gap Casino in Flintstone, Maryland, has agreed to pay $100,000 and implement comprehensive sexual harassment prevention training for its managers, supervisors, and emp  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on March 27, 2024: This month, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that they filed a lawsuit to block a devastating new air quality rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would raise costs on Utah manufacturers, utilities, and families. AG Reyes and 23 other attorneys general jo  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 27 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Gold Rush will be bigger and better than ever this year and include five times the number of chances to win prizes when the popular trout stocking event returns for its seventh year on April 1. "As a lifelong angler, there's nothing that brings me more joy than to announce the return of this incredible event. The   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 28 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that he has vetoed HB 5105, which would have removed vaccination requirements for students in virtual public schools and allow private and parochial schools to set their own standards. Gov. Justice said the following in his veto letter: "Since this legislation was passed, I have heard constant, strong opposition to this legislation fro  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 28 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Public Service Commission of West Virginia gave its approval Tuesday to a broad-based compromise that cuts in half a $207 million rate increase proposed by Monongahela Power Co. and The Potomac Edison Co. Instead of approving a 13 percent hike, the Commission endorsed a multiparty joint stipulation to allow rates to increase overall by 6.4 percent, or $  more