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News Tipoffs - Michigan Editors Newsletter for Friday October 11, 2024 ( 6 items )  

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $37.6 Million in Funding to Minnesota to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * EPA Announces New Final Regulations and New Funding Under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda for Clean Drinking Water * * * 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. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require more rig  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $56.2 Million in Funding to Ohio to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * EPA Announces New Final Regulations and New Funding Under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda for Clean Drinking Water * * * 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. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require more ri  more

Justice Dept.: Mastermind of Multimillion-Dollar Penny-Stock Scam Indicted for Fraud and Obstruction
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Michigan man with defrauding investors in Minerco Inc. (stock ticker MINE) -- leading to millions of dollars in investor losses -- as well as obstructing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proceeding by destroying evidence. According to the indictment, Bobby Shumake Japhia (Shumake), 56, als  more

Mich. A.G. Nessel: Attorney General Team Argues for Reversal of Controversial 1999, 2007 Consumer Protection Decisions Before Michigan Supreme Court
LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: The Department of Attorney General gave oral argument before the Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) in Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's application to appeal an order preventing her department's investigation of Eli Lilly and Company's insulin pricing practices. Eli Lilly has used two past decisions of the MSC to assert the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) is inapplica  more

Mich. Gov. Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards, Commissions
LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan Women's Commission, Michigan Board of Dentistry, Michigan Beef Industry Commission, Board of Barber Examiners, Military Appeals Tribunal, Statewide Housing Partnership, and the Michigan Wildlife Council, and Commission on Middle Eastern Affairs. Today's appointees represent Michigan's young profession  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement With Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database
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