WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Medford, Ore. --The Bureau of Land Management today announced a proposed plan for the management and protection of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southcentral Oregon and northern California. If approved, the plan will guide management of the monument's approximately 113,500 acres by protecting its exceptional biodiversity, while ensuring continued stewardship of his  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - September 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past month, up 2.1 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent in September, the U.S. Bur  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * New final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda * * * SEATTLE - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. This final rule is part of the President's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the country  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE (October 9, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Hilcorp North Slope, LLC, will pay $223,868 for violations of the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act at their Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, facility. Several regulatory requirements were not met by Hilcorp, including failure to make a hazardous waste determination, failure to send hazardous waste to a designated facil  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $108 Million For Projects in Rural Communities to Improve Rail Safety and Strengthen Local Supply Chains Nine new projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make freight rail safer, upgrade grade crossings, and increase the reliability and efficiency of rail operations across three states The U  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following report on October 1, 2024, entitled "HealthCare.gov Plan Selections by Race and Ethnicity, 2015-2024." Here are excerpts: * * * This issue brief presents Marketplace plan selections by race and ethnicity among 2015-2024 Open Enrollment Period enrollees in HealthCare.gov states using combined self-reported race and ethnicity information with imputed data for missing values. Plan selections incr  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has reached   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it received more than 700 applications requesting more than $6.5 billion in funding to support digital equity projects across the country. That is more than six times the available amount from the first round of the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: SEATTLE Jetro Holdings, LLC, a wholesale food service supplier operating under the name Restaurant Depot in Fife, has agreed to institute sweeping changes to its internal complaint procedures and implement trainings for its facilities in the state of Washington to resolve a sexual harassment complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today  more