WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * 46 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across key industries and provide workers with access to the new, good-  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Ocean State Jobbers, Inc., doing business as Ocean State Job Lot, a corporation based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Boston Waterproofing & Construction twice exposed workers to potentially deadly hazards * * * Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safet  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 10 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Online businesses cannot be allowed to evade state consumer protection laws that help level the playing field for everyday consumers against big corporations. But the lower court in this case essentially found that because online companies do business everywhere, they can be held accountable nowhere. I was proud to stand with AG Ford and these 29 other Attorneys General in  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) today awarded $1,183,993.50 to eight recipients of Preservation Planning Grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program, helping recipients from the metropolitan edge of New York City to the grasslands of Las Animas County, Colorado, preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict. "The diverse grant opportun  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 11 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is the first effort of its kind. Next steps include a strategic action plan for promoting interregional transmission projects. * * * Connecticut today joined a total of 10 Northeast states in signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) (https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/wp-conten  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 1 issued the following news release: Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safety investigators found. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Admi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 11 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on July 10, 2024: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued the following statement regarding today's fire at Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM): "Rhode Island Recycled Metals presents an ongoing environmental nuisance and public safety hazard that this Office has, for years, fought against in court, alongside efforts by our neighboring communities and stakeholders.   more