CHICAGO, Illinois, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 8, 2023, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan - 2022": In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.8 percent in Michigan, compare  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 10 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Division issued the following news release: The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching its second year of Operation Engage, a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners. The Detroit Field Division's proposal was one of 11 approved for continued funding fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized consent orders settling charges that two affiliated Michigan-based security companies and their owners illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on low-wage security guards who worked for them. The consent orders against Prudential Security, Inc., Prudential Command Inc., and their owners, Greg Wier and Matthew Keywell  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 2021-CR-018) on Feb. 28, 2023, entitled "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Michigan, Department of Natural Resources, From October 1, 2018, Through September 30, 2020, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Amy R. Billings, Director, Central Region Audi  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment yesterday charging a Michigan man with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing false income tax returns. According to the indictment, from 2012 to 2018, Todd A. Marra of Shelby Township was a fifty-percent shareholder and co-managing partner of a mortgage brokerage in Troy, Michigan. During that time, Marra and another indi  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 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 resolved its investigation of Bark Bark Wag, a local dog rescue organization based in Livonia, Michigan. The complainant alleged that her adoption application was denied based on stereotypes concerning her use of a wheelchair, leaving her feeling "dehumanized." The settlement agreement betw  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: A former unemployment examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA) pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal federal unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Irene Lindow, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Region,   more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: A Michigan man was arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with illegally possessing firearms after having been committed to a mental institution and while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. The man came to the attention of the FBI after he made numerous threats over YouTube to  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that John Figg, 56, of Grand Rapids Michigan pleaded guilty to federal charges which stem from the discovery of his embezzlement of over $870,000 from United Bank between 2014 and 2021. "Hardworking citizens are entitled to know that when they entrust their m  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56295) involving Fermi Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Fermi Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Whitney Hemingway HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 01/04/2023 Notification Time: 08:28 [ET] Event Date: 01/04/2023 Event Time: 01:48 [EST] Last Update Date: 03/06/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)(v  more