WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Found QSI employed children for overnight cleaning shifts * * * CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with a Tennessee cleaning contractor that requires the employer to pay $400,000 in civil money penalties, monitor and audit policies to prevent the employment of children in dangerous jobs, and maintain a toll-free number for reporting concerns ab  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond announces victory after EPA filing OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 15, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today just a few months after filing a formal comment letter opposing the request. In September, Drummond and  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 17 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia will receive $1,087,239.67 in restitution and recoveries as part of a settlement agreement with Acadia Healthcare Company ("Acadia"), which owns and operates inpatient behavioral health facilities throughout the U.S. The agreement resolves allegations that Acadia submitted false claims to government healthcare   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: A leader in the Hoover Criminal Gang was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for ordering fellow gang members to murder a suspected rival gang member. Markell Young, 33, was the last of five defendants, all from Gibson County, to be sentenced in this case. Young, Octavius Ferguson, 27, and Jordan Powell, 25, were convicted after trial, while Bakari Lenon, 25, and Monterio Ross, 29, plead  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Next-level semiconductor testing available ORNL researchers have developed an Autonomous Configurable Component Evaluation Power Test platform, called ACCEPT, enabling automated characterization of semiconductor devices. Credit: Alonda Hines/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new automated testing capab  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * New Program from the Department of Energy Supports Acceleration of Fusion Energy Commercialization * * * The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday $107 million in funding for six projects in the Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) will lead FC-FIRE - a collaborative  more

TYLER, Texas, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: A former Texas hospital chief executive officer has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Jeffrey Paul Madison, 49, of Burnet, Texas; Susan L. Hertzberg, 66, of New York, New York; Matthew John Theiler, 58, of Pinehurst, North Carolina; David Weldon Kraus, 66, of Maryvi  more