CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: * * * Hog Farm Owner and Employees Harassed Transgender Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Accord  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, March 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Brittany Kenney, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Members of the 28th Security Forces Squadron participated in a Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 27-29 March, 2024. Eight students, to include security forces Airmen and a civilian police officer, partic  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the availability and individual state allocations of approximately $811 million in funding to states, territories, and native entities to empower individuals and communities with the tools, skills, and opportunities to  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor regarding its "proposed rule revising the regulations for registered apprenticeships." The letter, which the State of Tennessee led, notes the coalition's nationwide concerns over race-based regulations for apprenticeships. According to the attorneys general, "the proposed rule deviates from the statutory purpose  more