WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employer: Liberty Hill Equity Partners LLC, 559 Liberty Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Locations: Precision Vehicle Holdings LLC, 4401 Fletcher St., Wayne, MI 48160 5402 Moller Road (Fort Wayne Rail Yard) Fort Wayne, IN 46806 Investigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found Liberty Hill Equity Partners LLC, the Cincinnati-bas  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Cleveland, Ohio Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) First Vice President and Vice Chair Judith Pryor travelled to Ohio November 12-15 to meet with prospective and current EXIM customers to highlight how EXIM financing can help Ohio businesses grow through exporting.In Barberton, OH, Vice Chair Pryor met with EXIM customer Malco Products, Inc., a manufactur  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings On November 13, the Commission met in executive session. The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting scheduled for November 14. * * * Enforcement The Commission made public 11 closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the Enforcement Search System. MUR 7146R COMPLAINANT: Campaign Legal Center and Catherine Hinckley Kelley RESPONDENTS: Correct t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward" by detailing the serious flaws in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health agencies faile  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: An Ohio man was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency "mixer" Helix, which processed transactions involving over $300 million worth of cryptocurrency from 2014 to 2017. According to court documents, Larry Dean Harmon, 41, of Akron, ran Helix, a darknet mixer that laundered customers' bitcoin. Helix was connected to Grams, a darknet search   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Eric Branum On July 25, 2024, the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) system received approval to "go-live" and deployed to the Propulsion Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) wasted no time as it used MRO to perform maintenance actions on Public-Private Partnership Workloads involving the F119 engine in the first few weeks  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Ontario M. Yarbrough, 26, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison for his involvement in a narcotics conspiracy involving kilogram quantities of drugs being mailed from Arizona to Columbus. According to court documents, from April until October 2023, Yarbrough received and accepted at least five packages of narcotics. In addition to r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Recently, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and thethe Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released a bipartisan interim report entitled "Interim Staff Report: Investigating the Stunning Security Failures on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania." The report contains preliminary findings and includes information obtained during the initial phase of the Task Force's investigation, which fo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) voted in favor of the bipartisan FAFSA Deadline Act. This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to be released annually by October 1 instead of January 1. Current law encourages the Secretary of Education to release the FAFSA form on October 1 "to the maximum extent practicable," but no later t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: Today, the Federal Trade Commission released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2024 which shows that consumer reports about unwanted calls continue to drop for the third straight year, with complaint volume down by more than half since 2021. The FTC has pursued a multifaced strategy to crack down on unwanted calls. In 2023, the agency announced Operation Stop Scam Calls, the largest  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Larry Dean Harmon, 41, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency "mixer" Helix, which processed transactions involving over $300 million worth of cryptocurrency from 2014 to 2017. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Gene  more