SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate coalition to intervene to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). The LCRI, which went into effect on December 30, replaced the first Trump Administration's rule, the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), which weakened existing drinking water standards and failed to p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it will initiate an environmental review of Vineyard Mid-Atlantic's proposed offshore wind energy project, located in the federal waters offshore New York and New Jersey. The Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind project is in one of the six lease areas within the New York Bight Wind Energy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: The Internal Revenue Service today announced the appointment of 18 new members to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. The IRSAC, established in 1953, is an organized public forum for IRS officials and representatives of the public to discuss a broad range of issues in tax administration. The Council provides the IRS and agency leaders with   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, as part of a coalition of 13 attorneys general issued a letter to Walmart voicing concerns about the company's recent announcement of its plans to step away from its commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In a letter sent to Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon, the coalition of attorneys general urge the company to  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JESUS CABRERA, a/k/a "Gee," was sentenced today to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald for leading a drug trafficking organization (the "DTO") that sold deadly fentanyl in the Bronx. CABRERA previously pled guilty to participating in a conspir  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $22.6 million in grants for 219 humanities projects across the country. Among these are grants that will establish protocols for the stewardship and voluntary return of unethically acquired archaeological and ethnographic artifacts to their communities of origin; enrich K-12 educators' understanding and teaching of t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Shamar Leggette, 41, of Brooklyn, New York, who was fatally shot in South Brunswick by members of the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force on January 24, 2024.  Mr. Leggette's death was investigated by the Office of Public In  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $25 million in Good Jobs Challenge program funding to eight grantees to support high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs that create a pathway for workers to be placed into good-paying jobs. This marks an expansion of the Good Jobs Chal  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: New awards expand program that has trained and placed more than 12,000 American workers into good jobs  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $25 million in Good Jobs Challenge program funding to eight grantees to support high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs that create a pathway for workers to be placed   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Project part of a $10 billion multi-phase replacement to modernize one of the world's busiest bus terminals The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Build America Bureau (Bureau) today announced it provided a $1.89 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act ( TIFIA ) to the PANYNJ to modernize the Midtown Bus Terminal, one of the world's busiest bus terminals, serving 65  more