SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 12 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 11, 2024: Attorney General Reyes 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 a paralle  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: In a motion filed late Thursday, Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general urge a federal judge in Washington state to strike unnecessary and severe restrictions imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the abortion medication mifepristone. The attorneys general argue that the FDA is well aware of decades of data conclusive  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DETROIT Family Fresh Harvesting, LLC, a farm labor contractor which provides temporary H-2A visas to agricultural workers at nurseries in Michigan and farms in Georgia, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a pregnancy discrimination charge, the federal agency announced today. In the charge, a pregnant female H-2A employee  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 11, 2024, with Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan: * * * Governors on the frontlines of the pandemic response demand answers from the former president * * * Gov. Tony Evers, together with Governors JB Pritzker (D-Illinois) and Gretchen Whitmer (D-Michigan), today issued a joint statement concerning reports that Donald Trump gave Russian Dictator Vladimir   more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: PORT CLINTON, Ohio -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and City of Port Clinton celebrated the completion of construction on a five-year coastal restoration project with a final planting of native species on the beach. The $1.9 million Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program Port Clinton Coastal Restoration Project has expanded costal wetland - a ra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Oct. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 258,000, an increase of 33,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 225,000. This is the highest level for initial claims since August 5, 2023 when it was 258,000. The 4-wee  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel 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,  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: Yesterday, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a settlement in Upper Michigan Energy Resources (UMERC) electric rate increase request, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The requested increase was reduced by more than 50% for residential customers due in part to the Attorney General's intervention. In May of this year, UMERC filed a request fo  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: * * * These commonsense, bipartisan bills bolster Governor Whitmer's commitment to Michigan's students, schools, and educators by building on the historic investments made in the FY25 Budget. * * * Governor Whitmer signed three bills that build on the most recent budget's historic investments in Michigan's students, schools, and teachers. These bills will put money back in the  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: Governor Whitmer thanked the Michigan National Guard on the ground in Florida helping communities impacted by Hurricane Milton. CH-47 Chinook helicopters and several support crew from Bravo Company, 3-238th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG), arrived in Florida on Tuesday ahead of the hurricane making landfall. As part of the ongoing   more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 12 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: * * * Oregon co-leads 18-state coalition suing FDA * * * Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is urging a federal judge in Spokane, Washington to rule that the Food & Drug Administration's restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are unnecessary and unlawful, and to order the federal agency to remove these barriers to the drug's access. Attorney General Rosenblum is co-leading the mul  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * Researchers will pursue both fundamental and applied projects with this support * * * By Sarah Wong, PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will be embarking on two new materials projects in fusion energy sciences. The support for these projects comes from the Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) and Advanced Research Projects Ag  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 10 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 8, 2024, at an event at the Department of Public Works field headquarters on the administration's progress in replacing lead pipes and creating good-paying jobs: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Hello, Milwaukee! (Applause.) It's good to be back. Thank you. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Welcome to Milwaukee, Joe! THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's good to be back in Milwaukee. AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! TH  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 12 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release: * * * Washington leads coalition of 18 AGs to force FDA to open up access to abortion drug * * * SPOKANE -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson is urging a federal judge in Spokane to rule that the Food & Drug Administration's severe restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are unlawful, and order the federal agency to go back to the drawing board on regulating the drug. F  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 12 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul 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 reache  more