WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Finds La Tolteca Authentic Mexican Restaurant unlawfully retained workers' tips * * * WILKES-BARRE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment to recover $1.3 million in back wages, withheld tips and liquidated damages for 51 workers employed by a Wilkes-Barre restaurant and its owner, whose pay practices illegally deprived workers of the  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL Director Marianne Walck spoke at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting recently at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. She was invited to present as part of ACS's Women in Energy Symposium and discussed NETL research on a variety of topics related to carbon management and sustainable resource development. Key NETL researchers also made prese  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has introduced a free online tool to accelerate the discovery of publicly available data when developing permit applications for the sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, in the subsurface. The Carbon Storage Site Mapping Inquiry Tool (MapIT) provides operators, project leads and researchers with user-friendly, web-based assistan  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Marcello Whyte, age 40, of Queens, New York, was sentenced on August 21, 2024, to five years imprisonment for interstate travel in aid of drug trafficking and an additional two years of imprisonment for violating the terms of his supervised release on his prior fe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Sept. 3, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will launch the 2024 Back to School Bus Tour from Sept. 3 to Sept. 6. The week-long, multi-state road trip will showcase the many ways schools, families, and communities are doubling down on accelerating student achievement and raising the bar in public education with investments and other support from the Biden-Harris Administration. The Ba  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1017X) entitled "West Shore Railroad Corp. - Abandonment Exemption - In Union and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania": * * * West Shore Railroad Corporation (West Shore) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a railroad line known as the Mifflinburg Branch, from milepost 0.0 at Montandon, in  more