WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Building on HSC's Decades-Long Presence in Michigan, Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Help Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience and Create Over 1,000 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $325 million in proposed d  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Michigan - 2023": * * * In 2023, Michigan women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,001, significantly below the $1,206 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Com  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following remarks on Oct. 24, 2024, by Director Rohit Chopra at the joint field hearing with the Department of Labor on worker tracking: * * * 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 an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news brief: * * * Employer: The Saucy Crab Grand Rapids LLC operating as The Saucy Crab Jixi Qiu, owner 5039 28th St. SE Grand Rapids, MI Action: Fair Labor Standards Act consent judgment and order Courts: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Findings: A federal court ordered The Saucy Crab and its owner Jixi Qiu to pay $105,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 28 f  more

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. 25 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CLARKSTON, Mich. Five related entities operating Culver's restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC said the harassment included repeated misgendering, deadnaming (using a name a person no  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Ferndale is joining communities across the country who are accelerating replacement of lead service lines * * * CHICAGO (Oct. 22, 2024) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott and Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore joined U.S. Representative Haley Stevens in Ferndale,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: CHICAGO (October 22, 2024) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began removing lead-contaminated soil at the former Sandusky Chicago Abrasive Wheel Company, Inc. site, at 1100 W. Barker Ave. in Michigan City, Indiana. EPA anticipates the cleanup will take 2-4 months to complete and short-term road closures near the site may be necessary. Cleanup crews will spray water on soil to control dust  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

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

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued the following news: HOUGHTON, Mich. - Andrew Lochli recounted the history and purpose of the Jack Donnelly Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence and why Michigan Technological University (MTU) was selected by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) for the prestigious honor. By the end of the day, his words about the award and the university's crucial impact o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Since time immemorial, the Anishinaabe, the indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes, fished and hunted on the land and waterways of Michigan. Plentiful fish species like brook trout, smallmouth bass, and the spiritually important nme, or lake sturgeon, sustained generations of native people. Today, however, development, agriculture, pollution, and habitat fragmentation resulting from road buildin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a confirmatory order to Glow Rhino LLC of Dearborn, Michigan, resolving apparent violations of NRC requirements for distribution of consumer products containing radioactive material. Glow Rhino sells hunting knives and other gear, including some containing glow-in-thedark capsules containing tritium. In April, the NRC notified the company that it had identifi  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

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign event at Western International High School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Are we going to do this? (Applause.) Yes! Hey, Detroit. Macsen, thank you so much. Hey, Detroit. (Applause.) Are we ready to get out there and get everyone to vote? (Inaudible.) And the mic is not on. Now it's on. (Applause.) Hey, Detroit, are we ready? (Applause.) Yes, we are. So, before I came out, my team was telling m  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks in a press gaggle at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Well, it's good to be back in Detroit, and so we're here back today to thank all the folks for the work that they are doing to help organize, register people to vote, and get them out to vote. And today, early voting begins in Detroit. So, it is good to be back here and -- and, obvious  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign event at UAW Local 652: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hey, everybody. Hey. (Applause.) Hey, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. Oh, it's good to be in the house of labor. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Ben, I want to thank you for your leadership. I just said to him, I mean, what a leader he is. You know, I just -- first of all, it's so good to be in the house of lab  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Oct. 22, 2024, by Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-Rep. Liz Cheney at a campaign event at the Royal Oak Music Theatre: * * * MS. SHRIVER: Okay. Here we go. Sit back. We've got 40 -- 40 minutes, and we're going to move quick. Okay? So, I want this to be like a kitchen table. Like, just think that we're sitting around the kitchen table and we're jamming about all kinds of stuff. That's the feeling I want to have   more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Oct. 23 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Oct. 21, 2024, by Vice President Kamala Harris at Royal Oak Music Theatre: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Well, we are here in Michigan, just left Pennsylvania. And then after Michigan, we'll be on our way to Wisconsin. And I will mention a couple of things that have just recently come up -- for example, that my opponent, Donald Trump, does not believe we should raise mini  more