WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Ahead of Summer Driving Season, EPA Allows Expanded E15 Access to Midwest States Year-Round WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced the agency's decision to uphold the current April 28, 2025, implementation date to provide parity for E15 and E10 in Midwestern states. This action, requested by the governors of Illinois, Iowa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 21, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Ohio - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.5 percent in Ohio and the n  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Ohio doctor agrees to pay $600,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations CINCINNATI - An Ohio physician has agreed to pay the United States $600,000, plus contingent payments, to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he submitted fraudulent Medicare claims related to electro-acupuncture devices. Ronald F. Ambrosia, 56, of Powell, Ohio, is a doctor license  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Superseding Indictment Charges Two Brothers and a City Mayor's Assistant with Tax Fraud, Public Corruption, and Money Laundering Schemes spanned multiple states and several countries CLEVELAND - A federal grand jury returned a 32-count superseding indictment charging Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq Al Zubair, 42, recently of Bratenahl, Ohio, his brother Muzzammil   more