WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: * * * Inspections resulted in 67 significant, substantial findings * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 11 states in April 2024, issuing 247 violations and two safeguards. An inspector issued safeguards due to site-specific standards at underground co  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Leslie Smith, 63, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to health care fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. Smith must also pay $2,341,655.08 in restitution. According to court documents, for years, Leslie Smith engaged in multiple fraud schemes against  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 29 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a letter calling on shareholders at ExxonMobil to do their duty and protect millions of Americans' retirement savings, rather than force Biden's illegal climate change agenda. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is illegally forcing ESG regulations onto ExxonMobil that will jeopardize American retirement security in the name  more

OWENSBORO, Kentucky, May 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Two local men were sentenced to decades in federal prison after they were convicted at a jury trial last year for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Sheila G. Lyons of the DEA C  more