SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND - Co-leading a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for North Dakota to defend the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)'s revised regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the nation's bedrock environmental law. The CEQ's rule, finalized on May 1  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Today, in the 54A District Court in Lansing, Judge Kristen Simmons bound Sandy Baxter, 64, of Caledonia, over to stand trial in the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Baxter was charged in February with one count of Perjury (https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2024/February/Baxter-Complaint.pdf?rev=0  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024 entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.8 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-24-38) in July 2024 entitled "Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility." The paper was written by Raj Chetty, Will Dobbie, Benjamin Goldman, Sonya R. Porter and Crystal S. Yang. Here are excerpts: * * * I Introduction Children's prospects for upward economic mobility vary substantially across areas and racial groups within t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,316,877,000 undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2110 for economic ordering quantity material in support of the planned Virginia Class Block VI submarines and in furtherance of the Navy's commitment to the health and stability of the industrial base. Work will be per  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The FBI issued the following news release: Director Christopher Wray has named Douglas S. DePodesta as the special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office. Mr. DePodesta most recently served as the interim special in charge of the Memphis Field Office in Tennessee. Mr. DePodesta joined the FBI as a special agent in 2002 and was assigned to the Chicago Field Office, where he worked narcotics investigations. In 2006, he transferred to Chicago's Technical Program and wor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2024: * * * Chemist Swarup China credits mentorship to career success so far and aims to give back to the next generation of aerosol scientists * * * Early in his graduate school journey, Chemist Swarup China had plans to become an environmental engineer. He enjoyed learning about and building different capabilities and tools for use in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with RBL Products Inc. located at 6040 Russell St., Detroit, Michigan, for allegedly selling unregistered pesticide products in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The company has stopped producing and selling the pesticide products and will pay a $584,000 penalty. RBL Products allegedly  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the owners and operators of a sprawling credit repair operation known as Financial Education Services (FES) will end the practices that the FTC alleged created a pyramid scheme and also violated the Credit Repair Organizations Act. In addition, the proposed court orders include substantial monetary penalties. The FTC first filed suit against the FES scheme in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda is strengthening agricultural and auto supply chains, lowering costs, and supporting good-paying jobs At Port Milwaukee to celebrate a recent $9 million federal grant to help export more American agriculture products around the world. From left to right: GLS Administrator Adam Tindall-Schlicht, Port Milwaukee Port Director Jackie Q. Carter, Milwaukee Mayor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in several communities in western Michigan for the Aug. 5 primary election. The department will monitor in Allegan County (Clyde Township and the City of Fennville) and Van Buren County (Covert Township). The Justice Department enforces the federal voting rights laws that protect the rights  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Boeing Model 100/P-12 NC873H (1929) * Capacity: one * Length: 20 feet 1 inch * Maximum speed: 166 mph * Cruise speed: 140 mph * Range: 600 miles * Service ceiling: 24,000 feet The Boeing Model 100 was described as "a dashing and handsome single-seater of terrific performance" when it debuted in 1928. In addition to the civil-commercial version were variants for the Navy's F4B and the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-01601-208) on July 31, 2024, entitled "Insufficient Mental Health Treatment and Access to Care for a Patient and Review of Administrative Actions in Veterans Integrated Service Network 10." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the request of VA Secretary Denis McDonough to evaluate concerns rega  more