WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 21, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rates decreased in 9 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of March 2024. The number of job openings decreased in 12 states, increased in 1 state, and was little changed in 37 states and the District of Columbia in March. The largest decreases in job openings occurred in California (-119,000), Pennsyl  more

OAKLAND, California, May 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in National Automobile Dealers Association et al. v. FTC, supporting the Federal Trade Commission's defense of its new auto sales (CARS) Rule. The rule addresses several persistent unfair and deceptive practices in the auto sales industry. In the amicus brie  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: * * * Maryland Health Care Provider Terminated Employee with Vision Impairments for Requesting Reasonable Accommodation on First Day of Work * * * All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC, which operates five medical clinics in Maryland, violated federal law by firing its scheduling assistant on her first day of work shortly after she requested reasonable accommodations for h  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-155) on May 21, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-154) on May 21, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Texas (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Department of Education to swiftly implement its recently proposed regulations that would provide needed relief for some of the nation's most burdened student loan borrowers. In their comment letter (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/0695b24cc0/State%20AG%20Comment%20Letter%20NPRM%20Student%20Debt.pdf?la  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 23 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The Murphy Administration has awarded more than $27 million in annual Clean Communities grants to municipalities and counties across the state to fund litter removal programs that clean up neighborhoods, prevent trash from entering waterways and protect wildlife and their habitats, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. The   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: A Mississippi man who owned, operated, had financial interests in, or was affiliated with pharmacies, durable medical equipment (DME) companies, and a laboratory today admitted his role in a health care fraud scheme that caused losses to Medicare in excess of $51 million, Attorney for the United States Caroline Sadlowski announced. Keaton Langston, 39,  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: A Washington state man pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Jose Luis Pineda Torres, 48, of Monroe, Washington, pleaded guilty before U.S. District William J. Martini in Newark federal court on May 20, 2024, to an information charging him with one count of possession of f  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA are recommending nearly $240 million in funding, and an additional $38 million in future funding, to support 46 new fish passage projects through the Administration's Investing in America agenda. These funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act will help facilitate efforts to restore acc  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: New York businesses and residents affected by severe storms and flash flooding on July 9-10, 2023, are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced today. Administrator Guzman made the loans available in response to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul on May 14, requesting a disa  more