WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 10, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Among large metropolitan areas that are divided into metropolitan divisions, growth in nonfarm payroll employment over the year ended April 2024 ranged from 0.1 percent in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan; and San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California, metropolitan areas t  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will travel to Yerevan, Armenia from June 17-19 to participate in the U.S.-Armenia Local Government Forum on Democracy and to meet with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. This visit reflects our intention to further strengthen bilateral ties with the Armenian people. Deputy Secretary Verma will lead a dele  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: On Thursday, June 20, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold an informal community meeting to discuss cleanup progress at the Bofors Nobel Superfund site, located at 5025 Evanston Ave., Muskegon, Michigan. The EPA will also share upcoming opportunities for community input and the potential formation of a community advisory group. This meeting will be an opportunity to speak with the si  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: * * * Ann Arbor students will breathe cleaner air thanks to four new electric buses * * * Today, the White House and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, as recipient of rebates from EPA's Clean School Bus program. The school district will receive up to $800,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help purc  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A Michigan man made his initial appearance in court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on an indictment that charged him with filing false tax returns and not paying employment taxes for his company's employees. According to the indictment, which was unsealed on June 4, from 2017 to 2020, Ali Kassem Kain,  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Travon Deshaun-Roderick Mansker, 26, of Battle Creek, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing over four kilograms of methamphetamine. Mansker also possessed several firearms as a felon and two of the weapons had been modified to meet the federal de  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Earl Austin IV, 22, of Benton Harbor, Michigan was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his part in trafficking methamphetamine, guns, and machinegun switches. Austin is the last of 17 defendants, from three criminal indictments to be sentenced from this investigation. "The  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: More than 70 community organizations and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies will gather at Heilmann Recreation Center on June 15 (Rain Date: June 23) and O'Hair Park on June 29 (Rain Date: June 30) for the third annual Peacenics. The events will run from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day. The Peacenics are part of the One Detroit Violence Reductio  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57147) involving Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Ishpeming, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Licensee: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Region: 3 City: Ishpeming State: MI License #: 21-26748-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Kevin Czupinski HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/28/2024 Notification Time: 13:30 [ET] Event Date: 05/28/2024 Event Time: 13:00 [EDT] Last Update Dat  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57147) involving Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Ishpeming, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Licensee: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Region: 3 City: Ishpeming State: MI License #: 21-26748-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Kevin Czupinski HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/28/2024 Notification Time: 13:30 [ET] Event Date: 05/28/2024 Event Time: 13:00 [EDT] Last Update Da  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57157) involving Materials Testing Consultants, Dexter, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Materials Testing Consultants Licensee: Materials Testing Consultants Region: 3 City: Dexter State: MI License #: 21-15281-02 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Tim Lautenbach HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 05/31/2024 Notification Time: 16:40 [ET] Event Date: 05/31/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57157) involving Materials Testing Consultants, Dexter, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Materials Testing Consultants Licensee: Materials Testing Consultants Region: 3 City: Dexter State: MI License #: 21-15281-02 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Tim Lautenbach HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 05/31/2024 Notification Time: 16:40 [ET] Event Date: 05/31/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [ED  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Larry Williams Jr., 53, of Pontiac, Michigan, was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 9, 2023, Williams sold approximately 1 gram of methamphetamine and a quantity of heroin to a conf  more