RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The Department of Labor is encouraging employers and stakeholders in North Carolina's highway construction industry to participate in a statewide survey to help its Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates for construction workers on federally funded and assisted construction projects. The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts require the department to set the prevailin  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Maine Asthma Prevention and Control Program Recognized as National Model * * * Every year in May, EPA marks Asthma Awareness Month to raise national awareness of asthma and to highlight leading programs across the nation that serve as models for delivering outstanding improvements in asthma care and quality of life for people with asthma. "Growing up with respiratory challenges in North Carolin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary; R- State Runoff (if necessary); SP- Special Primary Election; SG- Special General Election; SSP- U.S. Senate Special Primary *Dates subject to change. May 2024: May 7th: Indiana (P)(S) May 14th: Maryland   more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, May 2 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) artisans recently had the rare opportunity to restore a piece of aviation history for display onboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. As an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, FRCE's Aircraft Clean and Paint shops prime and paint each aircraft that passes through the facility. However, artisans had the ch  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Two Raleigh, North Carolina men, Joseph Kingsley Irona and Mamady Fadima Conde, were sentenced for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Both men previously pled guilty to the charge. Irona was sentenced to 84 months' imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Conde was sentenced to 60 months' imprisonment and five years of supervised release.  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:22-cv-00246; W.D.N.C. filed May 31, 2022) involving Martin Sumichrast: * * * On April 29, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina entered final judgment against North Carolina resident Martin A. Sumichrast. The SEC's complaint in this litigation alleged that Sumichrast became the sole manager of Stone Street Partners, LLC, a private fund, following the de  more