WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the announcement of a lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing markets across the live concert industry: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Attorney General Garland and Deputy Attorney General Monaco. The live music industry in America is broken because Live Nation-Ticketmaster abuses its illegal monopoly. Today, the United States and 30   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. G22-CG-ISD) on April 30, 2024, by Robert L. Santos entitled "Individual State Descriptions: 2022 Census of Governments." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction A census of governments is taken at 5-year intervals as required by Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 161. This 2022 Census, like censuses taken since 1957, covers three topics: government organization, public employment, and government finances. The "Ind  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit announcement on May 21, 2024, entitled "Federal Transit Administration Hurricane Sandy Unexpended Funds:" * * * From: Carolyn J. Hicks, Assistant Inspector General for Acquisition and Procurement Audits To: Federal Transit Administrator Enacted January 29, 2013, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (DRAA)/1 appropriated $10.9 billion to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Emer  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release: Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta announced over $276 million in new funding for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program. The HIDTA Program supports federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States.  more