CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Bloomington - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Bloomington, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.54 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner J  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Columbus - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Columbus, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.04 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason P  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Elkhart-Goshen - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.27 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Evansville - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.22 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Wayne - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.37 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jas  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.11 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Kokomo - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Kokomo, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.81 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palme  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Lafayette-West Lafayette - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.73 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported toda  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Michigan City-La Porte - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.41 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Muncie - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.15 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palme  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in South Bend-Mishawaka - May 2023": * * * Workers in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.89 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Terre Haute - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.98 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner J  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: AUSTIN FEMA is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Dallas County July 13 to provide one-on-one help to Texans affected by the severe storms and flooding April 26-June 5. Center location:Dallas College Mountain View Campus, Room E121 Gymnasium4849 W. Illinois Ave., Dallas, TX 75211 The center will operate Monday-Sunday 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. To find the center l  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Five startup founders receive two-year entrepreneurship fellowship as part of Chain Reaction Innovations program Cutting-edge startups embed at Argonne to develop innovative technologies that can solve critical scientific challenges. * * * Five new innovators will join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) at the U.S.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: * * * EPA to hold an availability session July 31, will accept public comments until August 13 * * * On Monday, July 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin a 30-day public comment period on proposed revisions to the Velsicol Chemical Superfund site cleanup plan. Revisions include repairing the existing slurry wall around the former plant site and removing the nee  more

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal judge in southern Illinois sentenced a man from Centralia to 30 years' imprisonment for selling drugs, unlawfully possessing a firearm and tampering with a witness. In February 2024, a jury convicted De'Andre Owens, 37, on one count of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of tampering with a witness, victim or informant. In February 20  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: The former Chief Financial Officer of a Chicago hospital schemed with a colleague and the owner of a medical supply company to embezzle more than $15 million in hospital funds, according to a superseding indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. As the hospital's CFO, ANOSH AHMED was responsible for managing the hospital's finances, including its F  more

SAVOY, Illinois, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Elmer Miller, companies continue to ignore OSHA regulations to use effective fall protection * * * Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Illinois construction contractor for again exposing employees to falls from elevation -- the industry's leading cause of injury and death -- as they did residential framing work, this time at four subdivis  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57107) involving Braidwood Nuclear Plant, Illinois: * * * Facility: Braidwood Region: 3 State: IL Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Azeam Anjum HQ OPS Officer: Tenisha Meadows Notification Date: 05/05/2024 Notification Time: 08:11 [ET] Event Date: 05/05/2024 Event Time: 03:38 [CDT] Last Update Date: 07/05/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sect  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57211) involving Byron Nuclear Plant, Illinois: * * * Facility: Byron Region: 3 State: IL Unit: [1] [2] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Peter Leonhardt HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 07/07/2024 Notification Time: 23:12 [ET] Event Date: 07/07/2024 Event Time: 14:40 [CDT] Last Update Date: 07/07/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50  more

SAVOY, Illinois, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 5 issued the following news release: * * * Elmer Miller, companies continue to ignore OSHA regulations to use effective fall protection * * * Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Illinois construction contractor for again exposing employees to falls from elevation -- the industry's leading cause of injury and death -- as they did residential framing work, this  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, July 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Using smart AI tools to help nuclear power plant workers understand and fix problems better Discover how cutting-edge AI might change the way nuclear power plant workers learn to identify and solve problems. * * * Imagine being able not only to detect a fault in a complex system but also to receive a clear, understandable explanation of its cause. Just   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public comment on a proposed habitat conservation plan amendment and supplemental environmental assessment for the Cardinal Point Wind Project, a 60-turbine wind project in McDonough and Warren Counties, Illinois. The plan and assessment accompany an application to amend an existing Endangered Species Act permit for C  more