CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged Hospital Terminated Black Nursing Aide in Retaliation for Racial Harassment Complaint * * * Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency annou  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, a naval laboratory and field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, issued the following news: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Diversity, and Inclusion Office was presented the Disability Matters Workplace North America Award during the 18th Annual Disability Matters North America Conference and Awards Ceremony held on April 4-5 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Presented a  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on April 15, 2024: In a collaboration that helps advance its national security and basic science missions, Los Alamos National Laboratory with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and NVIDIA have come together on the design and installation of Venado, the Lab's newest supercomputer. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Ala  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 16 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the village of Williams Bay is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes upgrading the water treatment plant in the village of Williams Bay. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chap  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the extradition of Gabriel Zuniga (a/k/a "Ito," a/k/a "Hito," "Captain Ito," a/k/a "Capi") from Colombia based on a superseding indictment returned in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. On April 11, 2024, Zuniga had his initial appearance and arraignment before U.S.   more