CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan - 2023": * * * In 2023, 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 7.1 percent in Michigan,   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for pollution prevention projects in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. This competitive grant provides funding for projects that promote practical source reduction practices, tools and training to improve human and environmental health. Pollution prevention, also known as source reduction, is any practice that red  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: * * * The comment period begins March 7 * * * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add Gelman Sciences Inc., which spans portions of the city of Ann Arbor and Scio Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, to the Superfund National Priorities List. The NPL is a list of sites throughout the United States and its territories where historical releases of hazardo  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Broadcast Excellence Awards, has announced "Visions of America: All Stories, All People, All Places" as the winner in the "Public Television: Use of Multi-Platform Media--Long Form" category. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) collaborated in this digital-only series with PBS Books and Detroit Public Television, who se  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The Justice Department filed a complaint today seeking to bar several Michigan tax return preparers from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others. The civil complaint against J&A Tax Services LLC, doing business as Equitax; Anne Heibeck aka Ann Marie Dziergas; Crystal Patrick; Debra Washington; Kianna Dancy; Sade Cooper and Tasha Washington  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A West Palm Beach man was indicted by a grand jury for repeatedly threatening the Council on American-Islamic Relations ("CAIR") Michigan Chapter, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Chad Bau  more

MARQUETTE, Michigan, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Gregory James Knuuttila, of Mohawk, Michigan, was sentenced for his role in distributing methamphetamine throughout Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Honorable Janet T. Neff, U.S. District Court Judge in Grand Rapids, sentenced Kn  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 96 months' imprisonment to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. Dodson previously pleaded guilty to possession with inte  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Derek Romel Glaze, also known as "Zeke," 32, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 1, 2022, Glaze sold approximately 110 grams of methamphetami  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Nicole Christian Ball, 44, of Jackson, Michigan, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 12, 2021, Ball del  more