NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following joint statement with 13 countries and the European Union on the establishment of the Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network: * * * The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the European Union (represented by the European C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the following commentary on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Historic Conservation Progress: Transformational Fish Passage Projects to Rejuvenate Ecosystems, Bolster Climate Resilience, and Support Cleaner Water for Communities Across the Nation Our nation's freshwater resources are crucial to sustaining our communities, our economy, and our unmatched biodiversity. Rivers feed and sustain us, provide sources for recreation   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Western Fisheries Research Center issued the following report (No. 70255905) on July 1, 2024, entitled "Pacific Lamprey Responses to Stressors: Dewatering and Electrofishing". The report was written by Theresa L. Liedtke, Lisa K. Weiland, Joe Skalicky, Julie Harris, Monica R. Blanchard, Ann B. Grote, Ann E. Gray and Brian K. Ekstrom. * * * The Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI) is a collaboration  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 22 attorneys general in support of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' (ATF) rule that helps prevent illegal gun trafficking by expanding the category of firearm dealers who are required to obtain a license and perform background checks on potential buyers. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * AGs Support the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm (CATCH) Act to Help Stop Gun Trafficking and Reduce Gun Violence * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in calling on Congress to take action to stop gun trafficking from the United States to Caribbean countries. In thei  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RD-350341) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * FIRST STUDENT LLC, Employer and ROGER LEE MCPHERSON, Petitioner and TEAMSTERS LOCAL 483, Union DECISION AND ORDER DISMISSING PETITION On September 12, 2024, Roger Lee McPherson, the Petitioner, filed a petition in the above-referenced matter seeking a decertification election among drivers and monitors employed at the First Student, LLC  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4524) on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * In the Matter of JAMES DOUGLAS MILLER, CPA, Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that p  more