WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced that Stephanie M. Hinds has been appointed as the Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA). "Stephanie is a superb leader with decades of experience at the Justice Department who will be an outstanding advocate for all 94 of our U.S. Attorneys' Offices across the country," said Attorney General Garland. "Since joining t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA also opens applications for $600 million in additional funding for farms, small business owners through the Rural Energy for America Program HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a visit to Pennsylvania that USDA is partnering with farmers and small business owners to expand access to clean energy, create jobs and help low  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Washington - 2023": In 2023, Washington women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,165, significantly below the $1,523 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regiona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2142) on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states and increas  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: As the state continues to add thousands of jobs for the 53rd month straight, new economic data has highlighted California's continued economic dominance. "California's growth is powered by its workers and innovators, the driving forces behind our consistent economic growth and expanding job market." - Governor Gavin Newsom Creating thousands more jobs September's   more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Colorado State University System issued the following news: * * * 2024 Impact Report tracks progress across the CSU System and its three campuses * * * By Anthony Lane The Colorado State University System's role promoting educational access and opportunity through its three degree-granting campuses and related activities and initiatives is among the central themes highlighted in the 2024 Impact Report, released by the System this month. The report   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: As we mark Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States, we recognize the many ways Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural traditions which have historically been suppressed and marginalized can help address the most stubborn problems we face. In California, for example, wildfires have burned nearly one million acres of land this year, leaving nothing but ash where previously homes and bu  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access in North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief in Bryant v. Stein (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/24-1576_amicus-brief-bryant-v-stein.pdf?rev=1d07055352074e5591c0c788714ad  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. Cruz Construction Co., Inc., agreed to provide $56,000 and injunctive relief to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's investigation, the company fired an administrative assistant in July 2023, two days after she requested a reasonable accommodation for a disa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * PALS LLC assessed $10K in penalties for its willful labor violations * * * WHITTIER, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $158,868 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages from a Southern California residential care provider that refused to pay overtime to 45 workers, some of whom worked up to 70 hours per week. An investigation by the department's Wa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release: * * * Projects Will Support Pilot-Scale Testing of Advanced Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), with DOE's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), today announced more than $58.5 million in federal funding for 11 projects to help develop a commercially vi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-1084) on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * To: Remanente Broadcasting Network c/o Dan J Alpert, Esq., 2120 21st Rd. N, Arlington, VA 22201 Elia Tawil, Cedar Broadcasting, Inc., PO Box 396, San Dimas, CA 91773 Nevada Public Radio, c/o Margaret L. Miller, Esq., Gray Miller Persh LLP, 2233 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 226, Washington, DC 20007 University of Utah c/o Matthew S. DelNero, Esq  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. Many Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) members actively contribute to the surrounding communities and make a difference with their work and leadership. Two Army Reserve spouses stand out as teachers at San Antonio Elementary, a rural school in Central California where military and Army Civilian's children make up 20 percent of the student population. Parents from  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 3, 2024, entitled "Invertebrate Trophic Structure On Marine Ferromanganese And Phosphorite Hardgrounds". The article was written by Olivia S. Pereira, Devin Vlach, Angelica Bradley, Jennifer Gonzalez, Kira Mizell and Lisa A. Levin. * * * The Southern California Borderland hosts a variety of geologic and oceanographic features that allow for diverse habitats   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed a brief opposing efforts in North Carolina to restrict access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Raoul and the coalition filed the amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/74b24de40a/24-1576_Amicus%20Brief%20Bryant%20v%20Stein.pdf?language_id=1) in Bryant v. Stein, askin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/ef5fe23f-19ec-4373-a51e-8741642982b9/fileAsset/PCIAA%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%20As-Filed.pdf) urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Actor Jeff Bridges, aka "The Dude" in director Joel Coen's film "The Big Lebowski," served in the Coast Guard Reserve from 1967 to 1975 as a boatswain's mate, attaining the rank of petty officer 2nd class when he separated from the service. Botswain's mates are the service's experts in all aspects of deck seamanship and navigation. Because of their expertise, few things happen at sea without a BM involved, accord  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:18-CV-12451; D. Mass. filed Nov. 27, 2018) involving Morrie Tobin, et al.: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that, on October 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered final judgments against California resident Brian Quinn and New York resident David Skriloff in an SEC case alleging that they participated in a fraudulent sche  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, has co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/bryant-v-stein-amic  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * AGs Oppose Industry Bid for Regulatory Exemption to HUD Discriminatory Effects Rule * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/101824_PCIAA_Amicus.pdf) urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urb  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * 18 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Arguing that North Carolina Mifepristone Requirements Conflict with FDA Jurisdiction * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.maryland  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * AG James and 17 AGs File Amicus Brief to Protect Access to Mifepristone in North Carolina * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 17 attorneys general today filed an amicus brief in support (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/24-1576_amicus-brief-bryant-v-stein.pdf) of a district court decision finding that North C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) imaging instruments on three sun-orbiting observatories have captured sequences of comet C/2023 A3, known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as it passed between the Earth and the Sun during the beginning of October 2024. The comet, discovered in 2023, traversed the field of view of NRL's Large Angle and Spectrometric C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Oct. 7-11, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions CenturyTel of Montana, Inc., a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, Inc. f/k/a CenturyLink, Inc. (19-CA-283839; 373 NLRB No. 128) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583e4fb62) Kalispell, MT, October 10, 2024. The Board (Chairman McFerran and Member Prouty; Member Kaplan, dissenting) adopted the Administrative Law Judge's conclusio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: Join ACL, the State of California Community Access Division, the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services, and the Marin Center for Independent Living for a webinar highlighting successful aging and disability collaborative initiatives. The examples provided are potentially replicable in your state. There are many similarities in the services a  more