WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DETROIT Family Fresh Harvesting, LLC, a farm labor contractor which provides temporary H-2A visas to agricultural workers at nurseries in Michigan and farms in Georgia, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a pregnancy discrimination charge, the federal agency announced today. In the charge, a pregnant female H-2A employee  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: PORT CLINTON, Ohio -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and City of Port Clinton celebrated the completion of construction on a five-year coastal restoration project with a final planting of native species on the beach. The $1.9 million Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program Port Clinton Coastal Restoration Project has expanded costal wetland - a ra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Michigan man with defrauding investors in Minerco Inc. (stock ticker MINE) -- leading to millions of dollars in investor losses -- as well as obstructing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proceeding by destroying evidence. According to the indictment, Bobby Shumake Japhia (Shumake), 56, als  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that NH Learning Solutions Corp. (NHLS) has agreed to pay $975,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for inflated educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill). The United States filed suit against NHLS under the False Clai  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: The former President of Steelworkers, Local 2513, in Ypsilanti has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $58,000 in union funds, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Joining Ison in the announcement is Thomas Murray, District Director of the Detroit-Milwaukee District Office of the Department of Labor-Office of Labor-Management Standards. Dilanjan Miller,  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan posted the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that NH Learning Solutions Corp. (NHLS) has agreed to pay $975,000 to resolve allegations in a lawsuit that it submitted false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for inflated educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill). The   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced the guilty pleas of James Smith, aka "Yola," and Patrick Martin of Kalamazoo County for federal drug charges in connection with an April 2023 mass poisoning event in Kalamazoo County. That event resulted in at least six deaths linked to fentanyl. "What Kalamazoo ex  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following as-written remarks on Oct. 8, 2024, by Secretary Carlos Del Toro at the U.S. Naval Ship Lansing keel-laying event: * * * Good afternoon, everyone! It's wonderful to be with you here on the Gulf Coast of Alabama for today's keel-laying. Governor Whitmer, I am truly grateful for you being here with us--not every ship sponsor chooses to attend keel-layings or buy in nearly as much you have already. Thank you, as well, for your partnership  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 4 -- The National Science Board issued the following agency statement: The Board is saddened by the loss of James Duderstadt, a former member and chair of the National Science Board who passed away on August 21, 2024, at the age of 81. Throughout his career, James was a skilled leader in STEM education and champion for the science and engineering enterprise. Trained in engineering at Yale and Caltech, he joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1969. He went on to   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: Two Michigan men were sentenced today for their roles in a drug trafficking organization operating in Monongalia County. Giovanni George, age 34, of Taylor, Michigan, was sentenced today to 141 months in federal prison. Addonis Moore, age 29, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 121 months. Both previously pled guilty to a charge o  more