WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: The home of visionary civil rights leader Ida B. Wells is located not far from the western shore of Lake Michigan, on the west side of Martin Luther King Drive, on the south side of Chicago. Wells occupied the sturdy stone townhouse with her husband and four children from 1919 to 1929. She was a tireless and forward-thinking activist who played a key role in the founding of the National Association   more

ROMULUS, Michigan, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted six Giant African Snails at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The live snails were discovered in the suitcase of a traveler who arrived in the U.S. from Ghana. While intended for direct consumption, the snails pose significant health risks to humans and the environment and are conside  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: * * * Report shows that there has been long-term decline in releases from Region 5, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-18-20-08004) entitled "Michigan Medicaid Management Information Systems and Eligibility and Enrollment Systems Security Controls Were Generally Effective, but Some Improvements Are Needed" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit We are conducting a series of audits of State Medicaid Management Inf  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has implemented the new United States Attorney's Offices' Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy. The policy, which became effective in February, details the circumstances under which a company will be considered to have made a voluntar  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: A former Detroit police officer was sentenced to 27 months in prison for accepting bribes in a conspiracy with a Detroit police lieutenant in connection with corruption in the towing industry in Detroit, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: Former Macomb County Commissioner of Public Works Anthony Marrocco was sentenced to three months in prison and fourteen months of home confinement for attempted extortion by withholding county permits from businessmen who refused to contribute to Marrocco's campaign accounts, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joine  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified two registered importers that they will no longer be allowed to legally import vehicles into the United States through the Registered Importer program due to serious and systemic violations of federal safety requirements. The two companies are Bisbee Importing in Davison, Michigan, and Metro  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 18 (TNStalk) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following Q&A on March 17, 2023, with research fishery biologist Dionne Hoskins-Brown: * * * As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science center Series, meet Dr. Dionne Hoskins-Brown. * * * Where did you grow up? For the most part I grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Before that I was in Lexington, South Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; and Cleveland, O  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56395) involving Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, Rochester, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital Licensee: Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital Region: 3 City: Rochester State: MI License #: 21-13562-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Michelle Kritzman HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 03/08/2023 Notification Time: 12:14 [ET] Ev  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) includes more than $7.4 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, with just over $159 million set aside for Detroit District projects. Of great regional significance is $3 million for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a project that includes the three Great Lakes Corps of E  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality posted the following news release: * * * Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration launched the first-ever Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership with commitments from 12 leading states: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. These states have committed to supporting the procurement of lower-carbon infrastructure materials, such as conc  more