MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin: * * * Thanks, Greg, for that generous introduction. And for your leadership of this office. I came here to talk with our prosecutors and law enforcement leaders who are gathered at this table. They are working together every day as partners in confronting violent crime and protec  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in an amicus brief before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The brief supports President Biden's Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV Parole Program). The CHNV Parole Program offers   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland: * * * Thanks, Greg, for that generous introduction. And for your leadership of this office. I came here to talk with our prosecutors and law enforcement leaders who are gathered at this table. They are working together every day as partners in confronting violent crime and protecting the citizens of Wisconsi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott joined Congresswoman Hillary Scholten at an event hosted by Grand Rapids Community College in Michigan to celebrate their selection for a $1 million Innovative Water Workforce Development Grant. This EPA grant program supports career opportunities in the drinking water and wastewater utility  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.4 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Smithsonian Institution Cooper Hewitt, a design museum, issued the following news: This fall, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present "Making Home--Smithsonian Design Triennial." Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, the exhibition explores design's role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the U.S., U.S. territories and tribal nations. On view Nov. 2 through summer 2025, "Making Home" is the seventh offerin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Defendants pay $171K in back wages still owed to 156 workers, $50K in department attorney fees * * * SOUTH BEND, Indiana - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a permanent injunction and order forbidding the owner and operator of 61 Mega Liquor & Smoke stores in Indiana and Michigan from retaliating against workers who cooperate with U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour D  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Kirk Haynes, of Fresno, has been reappointed to the Board of State and Community Corrections, where he has served since 2021. Haynes has been Chief Probation Officer at the Fresno County Probation Department since 2018, where he has held several roles since 1994, including Job Specialist, Deputy Probation Officer  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Yesterday, Michigan Department of Corrections Officer Joshua Evans, 48, of Jackson, was arraigned in the 12th District Court in Jackson or allegedly smuggling narcotics into the Parnall Correctional Facility, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Evans is charged (https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2024/August/Complaint-warrant-Evans.pdf?  more