WASHINGTON, July 11 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a research that will provide program analysis and framework for implementing a long-term monitoring environmental program in St. Clair-Detroit River System, Michigan. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000. The agency said the grant was associated with science and technology and other research and development. The funding  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Employment increased in 9 of the 10 large counties in Michigan from December 2017 to December 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. (Large counties are defined as those with 2017 annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Charlene Peiffer noted that Kent C  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Maintenance Company Denied Hearing-Impaired Employee a Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges * * * Powerlink Facilities Management Services, a Michigan-based management and maintenance services company, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for failing to accommodate a hearing-impaired employee and firing her because   more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release: An indictment unsealed today charges Dr. Vasso Godiali, age 56, vascular surgeon, with orchestrating a $60 million health care fraud scheme. Dr. Godiali is also charged with money laundering, for financial transactions involving approximately $49 million in proceeds he derived from the scheme. The indictment was announced by United States Attorney Matthew S  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release: An owner of an engineering firm, Fazullah Khan, 58, of Troy, was convicted today by a jury on all four counts of bribery with which he was charged, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Timothy R. Slater, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. T  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan's 2019 winter wheat production is forecast at 36.8 million bushels, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Region. This report is based on conditions as of July 1, 2019. Some highlights of the Crop Production Report follow: The Michigan winter wheat yield is forecast at 75   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotmentof the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in Mic  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Producers in States Impacted by Floods and Heavy Moisture Must Report by July 22 * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for agricultural producers in states impacted by flooding and heavy moisture. The new July 22 deadline applies to producers in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, O  more