BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Shelby Thurman, Air Force Global Strike Command Brig. Gen. Jeffrey R. Alexander, director of Air Force Global Strike Command A5/A8 Strategic Plans, Program and Requirements, and Chief of Staff of the Michigan Air National Guard, was named the 2023 U.S. Air Force Black Engineer of the Year Stars and Stripes Honoree. The award will be presented Feb. 10 at the 18th Annual Stars  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2023, entitled "Union Members in Michigan - 2022": In 2022, union members accounted for 14.0 percent of wage and salary workers in Michigan, compared with 13.3 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: A Michigan man was sentenced today for assaulting law enforcement officers and inflicting bodily injury during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Justin Jersey, 32, of Flint,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a stop sale, use or removal order to Kaya Investment Group Inc., doing business as Hydro House, 622 South Lapeer Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan. The order will prevent the illegal distribution and sale of an unregistered pesticide product, Front Row Ag CleanUp. Front Row Ag CleanUp is a water sterilizer that Hydro House sells at its retail store.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 02-378): The Region 21 (Michigan)1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, March 9. 2023. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the Region 21 800 MHz RPC meeting will convene at the Michigan State Police Headquarters, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, MI 48821. The agenda for the 800 MHz RP  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing Medicare for unnecessary medical services that were never provided. "As alleged, the defendants and their co-conspirators repeatedly paid illegal bribes and kickbacks so they could submit claims f  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Owner also pays $7,938 in penalties for repeat federal wage violations * * * A federal investigation has found the operator of three Detroit-area residential nursing centers' pay practices denied 45 managers their full and proper wages by regularly alternating the managers' status from hourly to salary in an attempt to evade overtime obligations. The U.S. Department of L  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan has reached five settlement agreements with the following cities to resolve findings of violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): * The City of Bangor * The City of Dowagiac * The City of Holland * The City of Kalamazoo * The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Unde  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan settled a complaint regarding an allegation that a Walmart store located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan failed to make reasonable modifications to its policies so that an individual with a mobility disorder had an equal opportunity to access the goods or services that Walmart offered for sale. Th  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: The Detroit Land Bank Authority ("DLBA"), a public organization working on behalf of the City of Detroit and the Detroit Building Authority in the City's redevelopment and demolition management efforts, has agreed to pay the United States $1,503,000 to resolve allegations relating to unsubstantiated backfill dirt costs invoiced by demolition contractors and paid  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: A Madison Heights pharmacist was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison based on his convictions for conspiring to distribute over 25,000 opioid pills and for money laundering, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville O. Greene, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration,  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: A Detroit man was sentenced today to 8 years in federal prison on charges of conspiring to defraud multiple government agencies out of more than $2.2 million in Covid-19 pandemic assistance funds and also to defraud the United States Postal Service (USPS) of more than $200,000, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined  more