WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $46 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Ohio Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov  WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced more than $46 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC also announced updates to its enforcement action search tool. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Contact lenses used to slow nearsightedness in youth have a lasting effect NIH-funded study finds progression of eye growth returns to normal in older teens, with no loss of treatment benefit.  A myopic eye grows too long from front to back. Light gets focused in front of the retina. NEI In a follow up study funded by the National Institutes of Health  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 16, 2025 ARMY HGL-APTIM Technologies JV LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $49,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Inspections found 32 significant and substantial violations, 2 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in December 2024 at 13 mines in Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia, and issued 119 violation  more

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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET ON RAIL SAFETY Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have taken unprecedented actions to improve rail safety, announcing hundreds of projects to modernize and upgrade rail infrastructure nationwide thanks to funding in the President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and using the full range  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Last of Its Kind: 58th SOW Welcomes Final MC-130J to Kirtland AFB * Published Jan. 16, 2025 * By 1Lt Will Witherow * 58th Special Operations Wing KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM. -- The final MC-130J ever produced has joined the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base. Aircraft 5994 arrived Jan. 14, 2025, after rolling off the production line in Mariett  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Canton, OH - The U.S. Marshals Service in Northern Ohio, in conjunction with the Canton Police Department (CPD) and the U.S. State Department recovered two missing children in Reykjavik, Iceland on January 10th, 2025. The two children, one (8) and one (9), both from Canton, OH, were reported missing to CPD on October 25, 2024. The CPD began investigating their wherea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $46 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across Ohio. Ohio also received   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Administrator Guzman Grants More Than $26M to Create 13 New Women's Business Centers WASHINGTON -- Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, awarded $26.25 million to create 13 new Women's Business Centers (WBC) and support 17 existing WBCs ac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: $18 MILLION FOR EDWARDS VACUUM IS LOCKED IN! CHIPS INVESTMENT FINALIZED FOR GENESEE COUNTY FOR EDWARDS VACUUM 600 JOB SEMICONDUCTOR DRY PUMP FACTORY Funding Directly From Schumer's Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law Will Support Edwards Vacuum's Plans To Build A First-Of-Its-Kind $300+M American Semiconductor Dry Pump Factory In Genesee County Finalized Commerce  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Conneaut, OH - Yesterday, members of the U.S. Marshals led, Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Quinton Gaines Jr., 18. Gaines was wanted by the Pasadena Police Department in Harris County, Texas for capital murder. According to the Pasadena Police Department, on December 24, 2024, officers responded to a shooting incident that had occurred i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: An Ohio man was arrested today for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other offenses related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Frederick Breitf  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Accomplishments Overview - January 2021-January 2025 Thanks to Secretary Buttigieg's leadership, America's transportation systems are in better shape than they were four years ago, and the foundation has been laid for major progress in the coming years on all modes of travel and our supply chains. After passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Columbus, OH - This morning, members of the U.S. Marshals led, Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested Darrell Carter Jr., 33 in Canal Winchester, OH. Carter was wanted by the Stark County Sheriff's Office for failure to appear on an assault charge. Members of the U.S. Marshals - Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force adopted the fugiti  more