DETROIT, Michigan, March 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is receiving $37 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Detroit District river and harbor projects, $67 million for construction projects and $370 thousand to conduct investigations. The FY23 Work Plan funding is in addition to the $127 million in the FY23 Appropriation Bill and $254 mil  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 2, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Michigan - Second Quarter 2022": From March 2022 to June 2022, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Michigan were 241,965, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 223,946, the U.S. Bureau of  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued orders to drinking water systems in Caro and Worth Township, Michigan, and in Bellwood, Illinois, for failing to meet requirements under America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. EPA took action to ensure Caro and Worth Township certify their emergency response plans and Bellwood certifies its risk assessment and emergency response plan. EPA requires   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed removing the radiation portion of the Aircraft Components, Inc. (D&L Sales) Superfund site in Benton Harbor, Michigan from the National Priorities List (NPL). EPA deletes sites- or parts of sites- from the NPL only when no further cleanup is required. The cleanup of this portion, which involved removing and disposing of radiologica  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit removed a Chinese national convicted of fraud for lying about his ties to the Chinese government on grant applications. Officials flew Song Guo Zheng, 60, from Detroit International Airport to Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Feb. 17, 2023, where they turned him over to local authorities.   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that landlord Darrell Jones of Muskegon, Michigan, violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against Fatima Jones and Jones Investing, LLC, which, along with Jones, owned the properties where the alleged harassment occurred. "Th  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty today to sending multiple threatening communications to a Michigan election official in the wake of the 2020 election. According to court documents, Katelyn Jones, 25, of Epping, made multiple threats in November 2020 to the chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, which oversees elections in Wayne County, Michigan. First, on Nov. 18, 2020, Jones   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten will join more than 30 other U.S. Attorneys from across the country as a delegation to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the March over Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Totten has served as a member of the Atto  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Javery Pain Institute, PC, located in Grand Rapids, has agreed to pay $215,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary moderate sedation services and falsifying medical records to support those claim  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: A Tipton, Michigan resident was charged in a criminal complaint with using Twitter to threaten to kill Jewish government officials in Michigan, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to the crim  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, posted the following news release: A real estate investor pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing over $3 million in a wire and bankruptcy fraud scheme, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Division. Sean Tissue, also known as "Sean Ryan," age 37, of Social Circle, G  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The preliminary farm value of Michigan field crops produced in 2022 was $4.90 billion, down 1 percent from 2021. Higher prices across most commodities were coupled with lower yields which resulted in lower total value of production in 2022, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regi  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Prices received by Michigan farmers for the full month of January 2023 are listed in the table below. Some Michigan highlights were: January corn, at $6.39 per bushel, increased $0.22 from December and increased $0.92 from last year; January soybeans, at $15.30 per bushel, increased $0.70 from last month and incr  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The value of all trout sold and distributed in Michigan was $7,028,000 in 2022, according to the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Region. This is up 44 percent from last year. Information by sales category was only published for 6 to 12 inches to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Losses of trout intended f  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 1 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: The National Credit Union Administration issued two prohibition orders in February 2023. The individuals named below are permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. * Meaghan Brooks, a former employee of HAPO Community Credit Union, in Richland, Washington * Gabriel Max Finkelstein, a former employee of Geni  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on Feb. 27, 2023, with Black speakers of the House from state legislatures across the country: * * * Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor, met with the historic five Black Speakers of the House from state legislatures across the country: Speaker C  more