WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Robert J. Fenton today announced that the La Jolla Band of the Luiseno Indians was one of the selections for a combined $150 million in capitalization grants to help communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards. Funding through the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program will provide $5.1   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Xfy Time Square LLC denied workers overtime, minimum wage, tips * * * DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $227,834 in back wages from the owner and operator of a Happy Lamb Hot Pot franchise in Grand Prairie that denied 47 restaurant workers required minimum and overtime wages and illegally allowed a manager to keep a portion of servers' tips. The recovery fol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Woodbine, N.J. (Sept. 17, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Borough of Woodbine, celebrated the selection of Woodbine to receive a $1 million grant for the cleanup of several contaminated sites. The event, held at a Municipal Water Plant at Adams Ave. and Longfellow St., highlighted the transformative impac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Atlantic City, N.J. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with the City of Atlantic City that corrects violations of stormwater management requirements under the Clean Water Act. The city corrected the violations and will pay a $20,000 penalty. The city further agreed to a $60,000 project to make the system more resilient to the impacts of climate ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark removed a Saudi Arabian man who admitted transporting a stolen school bus across state lines. Officers from ERO Newark removed Bader Alzahrani, 24, of Saudi Arabia, from the United States to his native country and turned him over to Saudi authorities. "Bader Fahad Alzahrani not only violated the terms of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Awards; Massachusetts-Led NEMC Hub Receives Most Funding through Microelectronics Commons Project Awards from CHIPS-Funded Program * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration celebrated a $37,782,565 federal award for the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub to advance the development of microelectronics technol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service has appointed 10 new members to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee or ETAAC. Founded by statute in 1998, the ETAAC serves as a public forum for discussing electronic tax administration issues. Initially, the committee's main objective was to encourage paperless filing of tax and information returns. However, its focus has broad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that OceanFirst Bank, N.A. has agreed to pay over $15 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black, Hispanic and Asian neighborhoods in Middlesex, Monm  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that OceanFirst Bank, N.A. has agreed to pay over $15 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predomina  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KOFI AMANKWAA, a Bronx-based former immigration attorney, pled guilty to immigration fraud in connection with his supervision of a multi-year scheme to file fraudulent immigration documents under the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA"). AMANKWAA pled guilty today befo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is making awards of $48M to the NSF Broadening Participation in Computing Alliances (NSF BPC Alliances), which seek to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in computer and information science and engineering by addressing the unique challenges they face. Through their extended efforts, the alliances are not only increasing diversity but also b  more