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News Tipoffs - Nevada Editors Newsletter for Wednesday June 26, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Army Environmental Command: Varied Environments Prepare Drumm for Key Role at Fort Eisenhower
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Environmental Command issued the following news: By Thomas Milligan, U.S. Army Environmental Command The world is full of many different types of environments, just ask Robert Drumm, who has been in a few of them. From working as a fisheries inspector in the waters off Alaska, to conducting assessments in the heat and desert of Nevada's Yucca Mountain, to managing woodpecker habitat in the longleaf pine forests of the Southeastern Un  more

Biden-Harris Administration Honors DOE With a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 25, 2024: * * * DOE's Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative Recognized for Advancing the Sustainability and Climate Resilience of the U.S. Government in Ways That Cut Energy Costs, Reduce Emissions, and Grow Our Economy * * * Today, the White House announced the recipients of the Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards, which recognized the Department of Energy's (DOE) Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative. T  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Nevada Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Nevada Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Nevada had 69,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 75,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Nevada was 4.2  more

BLS Issues Report on State Employment and Unemployment - May 2024
WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1207) on June 25, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - May 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in May in 4 states, higher in 3 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-three states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decrea  more

Governor Lombardo Announces New International Investment in Nevada
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, June 26 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Today, Governor Joe Lombardo and the Governor's Office of Economic Development announced new international investments in Nevada at the 2024 Select USA Investment Summit. "Nevada continues to lead the nation in economic development, and I'm proud to welcome five new international companies to our state," said Governor Joe Lombardo. "Our low cost of doing business, favorable re  more

Nev. U.S. Attorney: El Aero Services LLC Agrees to Pay Over $2.1 Million for Response to Sheep Creek Fire
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release: El Aero Services, LLC has entered into a civil settlement agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to pay over $2.1 million dollars for fire response and suppression costs arising out of the Sheep Creek Fire in 2018. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) incurred $2,173,872.44 in costs and damages to suppress the Sheep Creek Fire, which st  more

SEC Charges Meta Materials and Former CEOs With Market Manipulation, Fraud and Other Violations
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Meta Materials Inc. and its former CEOs, John Brda and George Palikaras. The company has agreed to settle the SEC's charges in an administrative proceeding, while the SEC's litigation against Brda and Palikaras will proceed in federal district court. The SEC's complaint against Brda and Palikaras alleges that, as a   more