WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing 20 Field-Initiated Projects (FIP) Program grant awards for 2024. The planned project period for these grants is three years, with an estimated funding amount of up to $200,000 per year for each grantee. The purpose of the FIP Program is to develop k  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 1 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that he has filed a lawsuit in Phillips County Circuit Court against Google LLC, YouTube LLC, XXVI Holdings, Inc., and parent company Alphabet, Inc. for engaging in deceptive and unconscionable trade practices in violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA): "YouTube has de  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, LA FEMA's disaster assistance offers benefits that provide flexible funding directly to survivors when needed the most. In addition, a simplified process and expanded eligibility allows Louisianans access to a wider range of assistance and funds for serious needs. If you have serious needs due to Hurricane Francine, you may qualify for a one-time   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: MINDEN, La. Minden Seafood, LLC, a seafood restaurant in Minden, Louisiana, violated federal law when it failed to stop a male worker from repeatedly sexually harassing a female employee and refused to rehire her after she quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the lawsuit, the female employee was a cashier at the restauran  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 1 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in supporting the appeal of a district court ruling that upheld Massachusetts's radical pork ban. Massachusetts's new "Question 3" pork ban goes further than Proposition 12 by preventing other states from selling pork in, or even transporting pork through, Massachusetts if farmers do not comply with Massachusetts's strict  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Sept. 21, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 218,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 219,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Department of Labor investigation found Rivet & Sons' owner cursed, fired shots * * * ROSEDALE, LA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order assessing the operator of a Rosedale farm $12,000 in civil money penalties and preventing the Louisiana employers from applying for H-2A certification to bring foreign workers to the U.S. to fill temporary or seasonal agricu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Sept. 30, 2024, on his administration's continued response efforts to Hurricane Helene: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Good morning. To state the obvious, over the weekend, we had devastating storms in the South. I spoke with -- for a couple hours with leaders yesterday affected by the hurricane and -- Governor Kemp of Georgia, Governor Cooper of North Carolina, county officials in the Big Bend region of Florida, and   more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 1 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news: Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kentucky's State Board of Elections to compare the states' voter files, making Kentucky the seventh state to partner with Alabama as part of the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID). "Adding Kentucky as the seventh state in the AVID program is a great accomplishment. This MOU will secure powerful results for Ala  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is sending investigators to investigate the major chemical fire that occurred on September 29 at the Bio-Lab facility in Conyers, GA. According to news reports, as many as 17,000 people in the area evacuated due to the fire and 90,000 others east of Atlanta were advised to shelter in place due to the massive plume of dark smoke from the f  more