ATLANTA, Georgia, March 22 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Michigan for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to drought and excessive heat that occurred May 10 through Oct. 16, 2023. Low-i  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: * * * Pontiac students to breathe cleaner air thanks to 15 new electric buses * * * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Pontiac School District in eastern Michigan as recipients of funding from EPA's Clean School Bus program. The school district will receive up to a total of $5,925,000 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help purchase  more

FLINT, Michigan, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: Antonio Lynn Fluker, Jr., 36, of Flint, Michigan was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a multi-million-dollar pandemic loan fraud scheme, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Fluker was also ordered to pay $3.8 million in restitution. Ison was joined in the a  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: Victor Hernandez pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute millions of illicit and counterfeit pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by acting Special Agent in Charge Shawn Gibson, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit field office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charg  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Rashad Trice, 27, pled guilty to Kidnapping Resulting in Death. Trice was indicted in July 2023 for Kidnapping Resulting in Death and Kidnapping a Minor. Sentencing is scheduled to proceed at 3 p.m. on July 19, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker. Trice faces a  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, March 21 -- Air University issued the following news: By Maj. Stacie N. Shafran, Space Launch Delta 30 Air University's Project Mercury empowers individuals to tackle critical challenges faced by the Air Force and Space Force. Established in 2019, this intensive 90-day program fosters a culture of collaborative innovation and has transformed over 350 military and civilian personnel into certified innovators through the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. "  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, March 20 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Maj. Stacie N. Shafran, Space Launch Delta 30 Air University's Project Mercury empowers individuals to tackle critical challenges faced by the Air Force and Space Force. Established in 2019, this intensive 90-day program fosters a culture of collaborative innovation and has transformed over 350 military and civilian personnel into certified innovators through the University of Michigan's C  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: * * * Agreement Focuses on Increasing Michigan Voter Registration * * * Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, announced a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the SBA and the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) to promote civic eng  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Two men from Detroit, Michigan, and a Nitro, West Virginia, man pleaded guilty yesterday to roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia. Vernard Antonio Brown, also known as "Bam," 32, of Detroit, pleaded gui  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The White House issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: On Friday, March 22, 2024, the President signed into law: S. 992, the "I-27 Numbering Act of 2023," which designates the Texas and New Mexico portions of the future Interstate-designated segments of the Port-to-Plains Corridor as Interstate Route I-27. Thank you to Senators Cruz, Cornyn, Lujan and Heinrich; and Representatives Arrington and Cuellar for their leadership. * * * S. 1278, which designat  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The White House sent to the Senate on March 21, 2024, the nominations of 12 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Rahkel Bouchet, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Robert E. Morin, retired. * Christopher T. Hanson, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2029. (Reappointmen  more