WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Grants fund projects that target water pollution * * * PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 8, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $2.4 million to projects that will help protect, manage, and restore wetlands in the mid-Atlantic region. Recipients in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia were chosen for a Wetland Program Development Grant (WPDG) tha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Illegal pay practices found at Blue Ridge Home Care in Pennsylvania, Delaware * * * PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based home care services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY Los residentes de Oklahoma afectados por las tormentas severas, vientos rectos, tornados e inundaciones que ocurrieron entre el 19 al 28 de mayo tienen una semana para solicitar asistencia de FEMA. La fecha limite para solicitar asistencia es el 14 de agosto. Si usted fue afectado por las tormentas en los condados Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Delaware,   more