WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Secretary issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su traveled to North Carolina for two events on Sept. 24, 2024, to promote the U.S. Department of Labor's Good Jobs Principles, cement public and private sector partnerships that will build equitable workforce pipelines statewide and reaffirm the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to create a generation of good-paying jobs while add  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: RALEIGH, NC (September 27, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has reached a settlement with Bakelite Chemicals, LLC of Conway, North Carolina, to resolve alleged violations of federal and state laws governing the handling and storage of hazardous waste at its chemical manufacturing facility in North Carolina. In March 2023, representatives of the EPA conducted a   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued a proclamation allowing national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close offices in areas of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia affected by Hurricane Helene. In issuing the proclamation, the OCC expects that only those bank of  more