WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: DENVER - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $140 million in new funding for the Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming under the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade water infrastructure and keep communities safe. The funding for EPA Region 8 is part of $3.6 billion EPA is   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2179) on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - September 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in September in 5 states, lower in 1 state, and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twentytwo states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states ha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DENVER Amer Sports Winter & Outdoor Company, a recreational gear company headquartered in Utah with employees throughout the United States, violated federal law when it fired an employee because he complained about age discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, an employee complained multiple times   more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 24 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "Like most Americans, I was dismayed at the antisemitic protests occurring on college campuses across the country  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 24 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "I visited Israel a few months ago, talked to people who lost family members to the horrific  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Oct. 23, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken on the record-breaking achievements in U.S. passport processing: * * * In 2024 the State Department has broken annual U.S. passport processing records for the third consecutive fiscal year by issuing approximately 24.5 million passport books and cards - half a million more than last year's record-breaking totals. The Department is also making the passport application  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a historic $1.5 billion for 92 partner-driven conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land. Partners will provide $968 million in contributions to amplify the impact of the federal investment. S  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 24 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 17 States on an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Gray v. Jennings. The filing, led by the State of West Virginia, petitions the nation's high court to grant this Second Amendment case in order to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans around the country to keep and bear arms. In 2022, the State of Delaware pa  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 24 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: Ryan Goodrich, a former Utah-licensed title agent, has been sentenced to prison for criminal charges of defrauding real estate buyers, sellers, and lenders of over $9 million over a period of approximately two years. Goodrich was sentenced to two terms of 1-15 years in prison and ordered that he serve the two terms consecutive with each other, for a 30-year maximum combined term. Ove  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a 25-state coalition in sending a letter to Columbia University, urging the institution to stand firm against calls for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) from Israel and addressing antisemitism on campus. "Columbia University was right not to cave to demands for divestment from Israel, just as the University of V  more