SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Sept. 12, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 23 attorneys general on a letter to Congress to share their states' experiences and perspectives on the implementation of the Waters of the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental opinion in Sackett v. EPA. The letter precedes a hearing by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on "Water  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Sept. 11, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. for Zeta Day on the Hill: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon to the Finer Women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Thank you, President Stacie Grant and all the former presidents and board members. Today is a good day to be on the Hill. Thank you for coming here to advocate for important issues for all women and t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report (DODIG-2024-129) on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: L.C. Industries, Inc. Vicksburg, Mississippi." Here are excerpts: * * * Background LCI is a diversified manufacturing, distribution, and retail company that operates base supply centers on military bases across the United States. In December 2017, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center awarded LCI a contract to o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Berry Global, Inc., a Fortune 500 leader in plastic packaging products, and Hospital Housing Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of essential services to health care facilities, violated federal employment law when both companies unlawfully terminated employees because of their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in separate lawsuits filed   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at the request of the State of Mississippi, and in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has announced a deactivation of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Federal health care personnel, resources at-the-ready to support impact areas U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra has declared a Public Health Emergency (PHEs) for Louisianaopens in a new tab to address the health impacts of Hurricane Francine. The declaration follows President Biden's emergency declaration for Louisiana opens in a new taband gives  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 13 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Today, the newly launched podcast series, Freshly Picked, released its second episode featuring the joys and challenges of managing u-pick farms. Dana Nowell from Twelve2 U-Pick Flower Farm, Shunda Garner of Geneva Springs Farm and Jenni Campbell from Taylor Flower Patch, LLC, were brought on as special guests to share their expertise on this topic. Podc  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 13 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release: (Perkinston, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch welcomed Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College as the latest partner and first community college to join One Pill Can Kill, her public awareness campaign to educate, support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers of fentanyl, how to identify it, and what to do if a student or friend is over dosing. "I am proud  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Columbus man and a Clarksdale woman today for applying for and receiving a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ramirez Ivy, of Columbus, Mississippi and Felicia Smith  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A West Point man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking. According to court documents, Quishaun Bennett, 36, previously pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Bennett to 120 months in prison following h  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced the owner of a steel company that falsely claimed parts for a Mississippi River lock and dam had passed safety tests to a year and a day in prison. Theodore J. "Ted" Stegeman, 60, has already paid restitution of $238,059, representing the cost of removing, testing and re-installing   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: New CDC population data (https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/php/data-research/adult-obesity-prevalence-maps.html) from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one in five adults (20%) in each U.S. st  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Today, the 's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released two new resources to help schools comply with the 2024 amendments to Title IX Regulations, which went into effect Aug. 1, 2024. The resources explain how the 2024 Title IX Regulations clarify and update longstanding obligations related to Title IX coordinator duties, as well as prohibitions on sex discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 13 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Sept. 12, 2024: This week, in a letter to Congress, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and 41 attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation authorizing a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. "Algorithmi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Corn production is down, while soybean and cotton production is up from 2023, according to the Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.2 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2  more