LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed her notice of intervention in Consumers Energy's latest rate case before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). In this case, Consumers Energy requests a $248 million annual hike to its gas rates, which, if approved, would increase rates for residential ratepayers by 12%. This rate hike request comes only five months a  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion affirming the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's (EGLE) authority to perform inspections to ensure compliance with its orders, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The opinion (PDF), issued on December 12, follows a lawsuit the Attorney General filed in April 2023, on behalf of EGLE, ag  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced three revitalization projects have received $700,000 in support from the Build MI Community Grant initiative, which will activate vacant spaces and create housing and storefronts in Detroit, Escanaba, and Ypsilanti. "These projects in Detroit, Escanaba, and Ypsilanti will turn vacant, abandoned property into affordable housing and commercial s  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Evann Robinson, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 9, 2023, Robinson sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Michael Robinson-Brown, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, admitted today to the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Robinson-Brown was one of the leaders of a drug trafficking organization operating in Monongalia County. Robinson-Brown would supply the methamphetamine to others to sel  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Mannie Lamar Terry, also known as "Primo" and "J," 37, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 27, 2023, Terry sold approximately 4.5 grams   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSfact) (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Marks Progress Strengthening America's Supply Chains Upon taking office in 2021, President Biden and his Administration immediately got to work addressing the shocks that were roiling global supply chains and moved swiftly to secure key industries for America's economy and national security. Everything in our lives--the food we eat, the medicines in our hospitals, the e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: John B. Goodenough, a former soldier, was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping create the lithium-ion battery, used today in a plethora of civilian and military systems, including vehicles, cellphones and laptops. Their advantages include high-energy output, light weight and long lifespan. So important are these batteries to the military that the Defense Department published the "Lithium Battery Strategy 2023-20  more