WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc., a Texas corporation operating multiple cinema and entertainment centers around the country, will pay $137,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, in 2023, a former employee re-applied to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled has released the following public communication on Oct. 22, 2024, from Lions Services Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina: * * * Lions Services, Inc. is a 90-year-old employer of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, specializing in textile manufacturing for the Department of Defense through the AbilityOne Program. We operate a cut-and-sew facility in Charlotte, NC. Question 1: How could di  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from Douglas Britton, co-founder and senior manager at RunSafe Security, Inc., McLean, Virginia: * * * From: Doug Britton, EVP Strategy, RunSafe Security, Inc. NOPR: Equipment, Systems, and Network Information Security Protection * * * My name is Douglas Britton and I am a co-founder of and senior manager in RunSafe Security, Inc.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. A public notice has been posted describing available FEMA assistance and proposed FEMA-funded actions, including activities that may affect historic properties, threatened and endangered species, critical habitats, wetlands and floodplains in North Carolina. FEMA is required by law to provide public notice of its intent to provide federal assista  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's final rule restricting outbound U.S. investment to China. This follows Treasury's notice of proposed rulemaking implementing the White House's outbound i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Army Staff Sgt. Lucian Adams was one of few men to receive the Medal of Honor in Germany as the Nazi regime crumbled in the last days of World War II. Just months before, Adams singlehandedly took out three machine gun nests and several enemy soldiers while working to reopen supply lines in France. His actions earned him the nation's highest honor for valor and a front-row seat to the war's end. Adams was born on  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * More than 500 leaders from Japan and seven Southeast states attend business meetings at the Charlotte Convention Center * * * Governor Roy Cooper welcomed the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Shigeo Yamada, to Charlotte and served as the host-state Governor for the annual Southeastern United States/Japan (SEUS/Japan) Economic Development Conference. The co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 23, 2024: RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION CO., Cary, North Carolina (N66001-25-D-0007), was awarded an estimated $12,478,211 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-only, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for the development of technology in, and demonstration of, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse hardening processes, testing, and hardness maintenance and hardness s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and domestic mineral resources, both in the ground and in mine waste. Since 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has advanced scientific inn  more