CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: The owner of Chicago-area child care centers has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for scheming to fraudulently obtain more than $3.3 million in State of Illinois subsidies designed to help low-income families afford child care. ALEESHA McDOWELL owned child care providers A&A Kiddy Kollege Inc. in Calumet City, Ill., A&A Kiddy Kollege 2 in Calumet   more

OAKLAND, California, April 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Leading a multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general and the city of New York, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the state of California and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final particulate m  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, April 9 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced Joshua McNemar as its new Chief Administrative Officer, effective April 8, 2024. McNemar brings more than seven years of experience in administrative operations and governmental affairs to DRA, after having served in various leadership roles in the public sector. A native of Vidalia, La., McNemar previously worked as the Chief of   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Renewable energy could partially replace diesel fuel to power instruments and provide heat at the South Pole * * * For almost as long as humans have spent time in Antarctica, the continent has been a home for science. One of the research outposts located there is the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The science done there includes studies of climate ch  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The City of Atlanta's former Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), Jimmie "Jim" A. Beard, pleaded guilty today to theft of government funds, which included the purchase and possession of two machine guns, and obstructing federal tax laws. "Jim Beard abused his power as the CFO for the City of Atlanta to steal tens of thousands of dollars from taxpayer  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) announced the selection of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) computational mathematician Ulrike Meier Yang as one of the 2024 Class of SIAM Fellows, the highest honor the organization bestows on its members. Yang, who leads the Mathematical Algorithms and Computing group in LLNL's Cente  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A fourteenth defendant pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a prison drug conspiracy. Trae Short, 39, pled guilty to conspiring to commit an offense against the United States by conspiring to introduce contraband into a federal prison. According to court documents and information presented to the Court, in 2018, agents with the Drug Enforc  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following General Counsel memo on April 8, 2024: * * * TO: All Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge, and Resident Officers FROM: Jennifer A. Abruzzo, General Counsel SUBJECT: Securing Full Remedies for All Victims of Unlawful Conduct As you know, I have issued a number of GC Memoranda regarding our dedicated efforts to obtain full remedial relief for victims of unlawful conduct./1 Much of the progress Regions have achie  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57016) involving Alton Steel, Illinois: * * * Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency Licensee: Alton Steel Region: 3 City: Alton State: IL License #: IL-01738-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Whitney Cox HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 03/08/2024 Notification Time: 13:02 [ET] Event Date: 03/07/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [CST] Last Update Date: 04/04/2024 Emergency  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56866) involving Dresden Nuclear Plant, Illinois: * * * Facility: Dresden Region: 3 State: IL Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 NRC Notified By: Edward Burns HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 11/20/2023 Notification Time: 17:53 [ET] Event Date: 11/20/2023 Event Time: 09:56 [CST] Last Update Date: 04/05/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.7  more