WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funding includes nearly $500K for the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas * * * LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 12, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 16 organizations to receive nearly $7.5 million in grants for environmental job training programs across the country. EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program Grants are funded by President Biden's   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act * * * Today, Dec. 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the latest risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the bipartisan 2016 Toxic Substances Control Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration tentatively selected 70 applicants to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice * * * BOSTON (Dec. 11, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that five Massachusetts applicants, including four school districts and the Massachuset  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following Advisory Opinion (No. AO-2024-15) on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * To: Thomas R. Eddlem, Treasurer, Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts, 93 Silverwood Drive, Taunton, MA 02780 Dear Mr. Eddlem: We are responding to your request on behalf of Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (the "Requestor") regarding its status as the state committee of a political party under the Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 30101-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings On December 10 and 12, the Commission met in executive session. On December 12, the Commission held an open meeting. * * * Election of Officers On December 12, the Commission elected Ellen L. Weintraub as Chair and James E. "Trey" Trainor, III as Vice Chairman for 2025. * * * Advisory Opinions Opinion Issued Advisory Opinion 2024-15 (https://www.fec.gov/dat  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Former McKinsey Senior Partner Charged with Obstruction of Justice McKinsey Will Pay $650 Million, Cease Work Relating to Controlled Substances and Implement Significant New Compliance Measures * * * McKinsey & Company Inc. (McKinsey), a global management consulting firm based in New York, has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a criminal and civil   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, announced today that the Department of Justice, following a comprehensive investigation, has concluded that the Mount Vernon Police Department ("MVPD") engages in a patter  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 14 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a federal criminal investigation into its consulting work advising Purdue Pharma on how to increase sales of its addictive opioid drug OxyContin. This resolution marks the first time a management consulting firm has been he  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The U.S. Marine Highway System consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, waterways, rivers, bays, coasts, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The goal of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) U.S. Marine Highway Program (USMHP) is to expand the use of the Nation's navigable waters to relieve landside congest  more