WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSper) -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: The Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), has announced the appointment of Alicia Weber as the Regional Attorney of the FLRA's Chicago Regional Office. In this position, Ms. Weber will assist Chicago Regional Director Greg Weddle in the management of personnel and operations relating to the investigation and resolution of unfair-labo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 30, 2023, entitled "Michigan Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2023": Michigan had 291,000 job openings in January 2023, compared to 369,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Michigan was 6.2   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $162 million from the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act for states, Tribes, and territories through this year's Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The funding will help communities in these states upgrade essential wastewater and s  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing over $2.8 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from the program's third application window, benefiting approximately 7,000 students across th  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSper) -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release on March 27, 2023: The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has announced the appointment of Greg Weddle as the Regional Director of the FLRA's Chicago Regional Office. In this position, Mr. Weddle will be responsible for the investigation and resolution of representation and unfair- labor-practice cases filed under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) in   more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: A regional hospital system and two physicians have paid over $69 million in three related civil settlements to resolve possible False Claims Act violations, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Mario M. Pinto of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Offic  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: A federal inmate pleaded guilty today to murdering a fellow inmate at the Milan Correctional Institution in Milan, 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, and Jonathan Hemingway,  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: A previously convicted drug trafficker was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for leading a drug organization with international ties that trafficked fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine across the country, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville O. Greene, Special Agent in Charge of D  more

FLINT, Michigan, March 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: A Flint convenience store operator pleaded guilty this week to engaging in more than $1.1 million in fraudulent transactions involving food and nutrition benefit programs, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Shantel R. Robinson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Former St. Clair Shores physician Bernard Shelton, 66, was convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit on twenty-one charges related to the unlawful distribution of prescription drugs. He was also convicted of a patient's overdose death that resulted from his unlawful prescribing, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: An Ypsilanti man pleaded guilty this week to making several false statements in his security clearance application for a job working with the United States Navy overseas, 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 Investigat  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANKLIN RAY pled guilty today to four counts of wire fraud, including one count of wire fraud while released under conditions of bail, and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with various fraud schemes relating to his operation of a t  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56429) involving Fermi Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Fermi Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Justin Wilhelm HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 03/23/2023 Notification Time: 18:30 [ET] Event Date: 03/23/2023 Event Time: 11:45 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/27/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on March 29, 2023, on the Fire Grants and Safety Act (S. 870), which was introduced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, and 12 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 870. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program (AF  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on March 27, 2023: Terry Dwayne Jones, 33, of Macomb, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 15, 2022, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Jones on Interstate 77 near Ripley. Off  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 30, 2023: * * * Extreme MAGA House Republicans' Reckless Plan Would Have Devastating Impacts for Hard-Working Families Across Michigan Cuts would endanger public safety and worsen public health, raise costs for families and students, and harm seniors and veterans in Michigan--while multi-millionaires and big corporations would get massive tax cuts Today, the White House released a new analysis highlig  more