WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On September 17, 2024, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) suspended David Coppola, Vice-President and part-owner of Al's Asphalt Paving Company, Inc., from participating in all federally funded programs. An information filed on July 30, 2024, in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan alleges that Coppola  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On September 25, 2024, Anthony Thelen, former executive of Surveying Solutions, Inc. (SSI), was added to a second superseding indictment, joining Jeffrey Bartlett, Adam Ball, Andrew Semenchuk, and Brian Bartlett. Jeffrey Bartlett, Ball, and Semenchuk were indicted on December 6, 2023, while Brian Barlett was added to the indictment on Februa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On October 2, 2024, David A. Coppola, Vice-President and part-owner of Al's Asphalt Paving Company, Inc., pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to participating in two conspiracies to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts. The information alleged that as early as March 2013 until at least N  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DETROIT Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, a female employee was sexually ha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to advance projects that are modernizing the transportation sector and improving access, efficiency, and safety for all travelers," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "With this latest round of funding, we're helping states across the country develop the innovative, multimodal solutions that will make travel on   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man with four prior felony convictions was convicted by a jury today, after a 3-day trial in federal court in Sioux City. Caleb Root, age 44, from Concord, Michigan, was convicted of one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance - marijuana, one count of possession with intent to distrib  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Saginaw, Michigan man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a distribution quantity of methamphetamine. According to public court documents, on three occasions in 2023 and 2024, Xavier Juwaun Williams, 24, sold or attempted to sell a total of more than 800 grams of methamphetamine. Williams transported the methamphetamine from Michigan to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * 24 Attorneys General Call on Ninth Circuit to Allow Emergency Abortion Care in Idaho * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that she has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in U.S. v. Idaho to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho. The brief urges the United States Court of Appeals for   more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (PDF) (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/dkt-220_amicus-brief-of-ca-ny-et-al-in-supp-us-govt_usa-v-idaho_9th-cir-en-banc.pdf?rev=d5170b7e6bbe484090f134e6fea2d50d&hash=9CAF23957D2440EF9760664DD0880F15) in U.S. v. Idaho to protect access to emergency   more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers OptumRX and ExpressScripts for their role in the Opioid Epidemic in Michigan. The Attorney General alleges in her lawsuit, filed at the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County, that OptumRX and ExpressScripts colluded and conspired with opioid manufacturers for years, negotiating with the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The predictive model results can help members of the public, water suppliers and regulators understand the potential for PFAS contamination, guide future studies and inform strategic planning for water resources. USGS scientists are the first to report national estimates of PFAS occurrence in untreated groundwater that supplies water to public and private wells. This research   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here in East Lansing with Acting Secretary Su and all of you. I'm especially grateful to Janella James and the Michigan Nurses Association for hosting us today. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is issuing a policy to deal with the tracking and surveillance of people in workplaces around the country. We are making clear that employers that traffic  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 25 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * The federally funded Medicaid Demonstration Program offers mental health and substance use treatment services to improve comprehensive health care outcomes * * * The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) announced that the 19 Certified Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) participating in a federal Medicaid Demonstration Program are now offering mental   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Standards to Protect Millions from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust, Announces New Actions to Address Toxic Lead Exposure - Today's announcement is expected to reduce the lead exposure of up to 1.2 million people every year and represents one of over 100 actions taken by the Administration in 2024 to reduce lead poisoning President Biden and Vice Preside  more