WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission issued the following news: * * * ALJ Decision in Signet Construction, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0339, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. In September of 2022, Respondent, Signet Construction, LLC ("Signet") was in the process of constructing a large dairy barn for a company called Blooming Valley Dairy ("Blooming Valley Barn" or "Barn") in rural South Dakota. (Tr. 13, 61, 66-68, 72, 251; Exs. C-12; C-23, at 00:00  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Tribal Health Access with Approval of Medicaid State Plan Amendments in Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding access to vital care for American Indian and Alaska Native communities by approving Medicaid State Plan Amendme  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Several Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought * Three South Dakota Counties also Eligible for Assistance This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency  more