SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 12 attorneys general in Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corp in supporting class members who objected to attorneys receiving $3 million while the injured consumer class received only $1 million. The case originated from a class action lawsuit brought against Kimberly Clark alleging that flushable wipes aren't actually flushable. Both the private plaintiffs and Kimberly   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 21 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Reminder! Please join us for the next Alexandria West Plan Community Open House at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School, 1701 N Beauregard Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22311. The location is easily accessible via the FREE DASH Bus Route 35. Food, childcare, and language interpretation in Spanish and Amharic will be available. * 7 - 7:30 p.m. Open House (opport  more

TAMPA, Florida, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Antonio McCray (22, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison--the maximum sentence allowed by law--for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense. McCray pleaded guilty on November 14, 2023. According to court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, McCray was a member of the  more

MIDDLETON, Wisconsin, June 20 -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. issued the following news on June 18, 2024: Gov. Tony Evers today joined company officials and local leaders to celebrate the expansion of the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, at its good manufacturing practices (GMP) lab in Middleton, reflecting a $58 million investment that will create hundreds of new jobs. The Evers Administration, through the Wiscon  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A previously incarcerated Chesapeake man and a state prisoner were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal unemployment benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the federal government expanded and extended unemployment benefits for impacted workers. At that time, Raton J. Tharp, 37, was an inmate at Wal  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: A Woodbridge man pled guilty today to distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. According to court documents, on April 23, 2022, Maurice Lamont Gordon, 37, sold counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a 15-year-old victim. The victim and another individual walked to Gordon's apartment to purchas  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 21 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that 11 companies across the Commonwealth will graduate from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership's (VEDP) Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program and 14 companies will join the two-year program. VALET, which now has 402 graduated companies, assists Virginia exporters that have firmly established domestic operations and are  more