BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: Attorney General Murrill announced that Louisiana received $1,400,289 from a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. A coalition of 50 Attorneys General reached settlements as the result of a multistate investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * HealthAlliance's Data Breach Compromised the Personal and Medical Data of Over 240,000 New Yorkers * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $550,000 from a Hudson Valley health care facility operator, HealthAlliance, for failing to properly protect the personal and medical information of New Yorkers. An investigation by the Office of the   more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Second Consecutive Year of Poor Juvenile Production in the Hudson River * * * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the 2024 Hudson River striped bass young-of-year survey results for 2024 depict a second consecutive year of poor juvenile production in the Hudson River. The index value, which pro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 16-RC-354942) by Region 16 Director Timothy L. Watson. Here are excerpts: * * * OQ CHEMICALS CORPORATION, Employer And INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS (IUOE), LOCAL 564, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION INTRODUCTION OQ Chemicals Corporation (Employer) is a Delaware corporation with a place of business located at 2001 FM 3057, Bay City, Texas 77414, the only facility inv  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 37 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Bradford, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Juniata, Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Mongomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Snyder, Warren, Washington, West  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Vote now through January 24, 2025, to choose Pennsylvania's next top river * * * Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today invited the public to vote for Pennsylvania's 2025 River of the Year. Online voting is open now through January 24, 2025, allowing Pennsylvanians to choose from three nominated waterways: t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Wilmington, Del. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today joined elected officials, funding partners and grantees to mark 7 years of vital conservation projects made possible through the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund (https://www.nfwf.org/programs/delaware-river-program). This year's grants award $17.  more