WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses Somerset, Pa., Oct. 3, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). "As   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MONTICELLO, Utah Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service issued a final environmental impact statement and proposed plan to manage and protect Bears Ears National Monument, one of the richest cultural landscapes in the United States, covering 1.36 million acres of public land in southeastern Utah. The proposed plan, if approv  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3125) on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * In Re: AngioDynamics, Inc., and Navilyst Medical, Inc., Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in nineteen actions move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Western District of Missouri. The litigation consists of 23 actions pending in sixteen districts, as listed on Schedule A. Additi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Brothers from Iowa and Utah have been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to their alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.  more