CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 27, 2023, entitled "Michigan Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2023": * * * Michigan had 218,000 job openings in July 2023, compared to 239,000 openings in June, 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 4.7 per  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Sept. 28, 2023: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Darren Robinson, a former resident of Miami, Florida, and his firm The QYU Holdings Inc. (QYUHI), a Wyoming corporation with a purported principal place of business in Dallas, Texas. The complaint charges Robinson an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 28, 2023, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson on the continuing surge of forex investment fraud: * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Darren Robinson and his company The QYU Holdings Inc. According to the complaint, the Defendants engaged in a type of fraud th  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * Midwestern Restaurant Chain Denied Front-of-House Positions to Males, Federal Agency Charges * * * Fricker's U.S.A., LLC, and Fricker's Holding Company, Inc., operators of the Fricker's restaurant chain headquartered in Ohio, violated federal law by discriminating against males for jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years. A new study now shows that Saturn -- though much blander and less colorful than Jupiter -- also has long-lasting megastorms with impacts deep in the atmosphere that persist for centuries. The study was conducted by astronomers at the University   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted an Indian national today for orchestrating a $2.8 million health care fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, and engaging in money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and witness tampering. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Yogesh Pancholi, 43, of Northville, Michigan, owned and operated Shring Home Car  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Faces 10 to Life for Attempt to Smuggle 50 Kilograms of Cocaine Across Border * * * A Canadian trucker was convicted last week by a federal jury on charges of possessing with the intent to distribute over 50 kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Angie Salazar  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: After a joint investigation between local and federal law enforcement, Scott Sams, 54, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. United States District Court Judge Laurie J. Michelson sentenced the defendant after he pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine that killed two victims. Ison wa  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Rick Vernon Johnson, 70, of LeRoy, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 55 months in federal prison and fined $50,000 for soliciting and accepting bribes in his role as the former Chairperson of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board (MMLB). Johnson   more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Immanuel Gates, 21, of Southfield, MI, was sentenced in federal court in Detroit today to 94 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a machine gun and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Gates was a member of the violent R Block street gang, which was active in the city of Pontiac. Ison was joi  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Leticia Gallarzo, 48, of Allegan County, with wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of making false statements in medical records affecting health care benefit programs, and p  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today that six Michigan businesses have agreed to pay $534,630 to settle allegations that the businesses violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly making false certifications to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) relating to loan eligibility under the Paycheck Protection Program (P  more

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: Today, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Alan Davidson traveled to Auburn Hills, MI,to celebrate new investments in high-speed Internet network electronics equipment production in the U.S. by Calix, Inc., made possible by the Biden-Harris Administration's "Investing in America" agenda. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requires the u  more

BELLEVILLE, Michigan, Sept. 27 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Sept. 26, 2023, at the picket line at the United Auto Workers Local 174 Willow Run: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, UAW! (Applause.) I marched in a lot of UAW picket lines when I was a senator -- since 1973 -- but, I tell you what, it's the first time I've ever done it as president. (Applause.) Folks, look, one thing is real simple -- I'm going to be very brief -- the fact of the matter is that you guys, the UAW --   more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Sept. 26, 2023, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre while en route to Wayne County, Michigan: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Sorry for the delay. Okay, I got one thing at the top, and then we can get going. So, today, President Biden will -- will punctuate his vocal support for autoworkers by joining UAW members on the picket line in Wayne County, Michigan. President Bi  more