WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $2.97 million in research funding for a Mobility Equity Research Center at Florida A&M University, a Historically Black College and University. The new Center, Advancing Community-Centric Equitable Systems and Solutions in Mobility (ACCESS-M), established through a cooperative agreement with DOT, will support the Department's goal of expan  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Inspections identify 72 significant and substantial violations, 5 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 14 mines in 10 states in August 2024, issuing 253 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Compliance measures address violations at 22 facilities in Utah including on Uintah and Ouray Reservation state lands within Uinta Basin * * * Today, Sept. 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a more than $16 million settlement with Ovintiv USA Inc. resolving Clean Air Act violations at the company's oil and gas production facili  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Governor Brad Little announced multiple new appointments today. Governor Little appointed Casey Simmons as District Judge for the First Judicial District following the retirement of Judge Richard Christensen. Simmons clerked for the Honorable John T. Mitchell for one year before joining the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office in 2013. Simmons served many years as the designated prosecutor f  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