WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * JRW Service Group also barred from obtaining federal contracts for 3 years * * * NEW YORK - An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple federal construction projects, after an investigation and litigation by   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-454) on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Georgia (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-469) on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, LLC d/b/a AT&T Oklahoma (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Int  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024, by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on the final trade regulation rule concerning recurring subscriptions and other negative option programs (File No. P064202): * * * As is common in rulemaking proceedings, this Final Rule that the Commission promulgates is somewhat different from what it originally proposed--clarified, narrowed, and ultimately improved by the process of grappling with the   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Education Acting Commissioner Kevin Dehmer today announced that 18 school districts have received Fiscal Year 2025 preschool expansion funds to establish or expand access to high-quality preschool programs in the 2024-2025 school year. The nearly $20 million, which was included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, is estimated to provi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024, on the death of Sgt. Monica Mosley: * * * "This morning, we sorrowfully join the Bridgeton community as we mourn the tragic loss of Sgt. Monica Mosley, a detective with the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, who was shot and killed in her home late last night. Each of us should be able to feel safe in our homes, and when that safety is broken, it impacts us all.   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Advancing the Murphy Administration's efforts to rein in the high cost of prescription drugs in New Jersey, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs ("Division") today announced specially adopted new rules promoting greater transparency in prescription drug pricing. The new rules, which became effective upon acceptance for filing by   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Nearly two months after effectuating the first round of medical debt abolishment through the State's partnership with Undue Medical Debt, Governor Phil Murphy today announced that 77,000 eligible individuals and families across New Jersey are set to benefit from the elimination of an additional $120 million in medical debt. Governor Murphy sat down with Andrew Rose Gregory, who wa  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * Mona Suazo Will Serve as Assistant Deputy Mayor for Public Safety * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced two new appointments that will continue to keep New Yorkers safe. First, Mayor Adams appointed Chauncey Parker, a nearly 40-year veteran of law enforcement, as deputy mayor for public safety, effective immediately. Additionally, Mayor Adams announced the appointment of Mona   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 460 months' imprisonment and a $2 million fine for his decade-long assistance to the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes. Following a four-week trial in February 2  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FELIX HERRERA GARCIA was sentenced to 45 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl out of a daycare in the Bronx, which resulted in the death of one child and the poisoning of three others. Herrera Garcia pled guilty on June 10, 2024, before United Stat  more