INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 8 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana issued the following news release: On November 5, 2024, Chief Judge Pratt of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted the ACLU of Indiana's request for a preliminary injunction against the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on behalf of Next Step Recovery Homes (Next Step). In a suit filed earlier this year, the ACLU of Indiana argued that DHS was discriminating against  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - September 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey with 22 attorneys general: * * * To: The Honorable Elizabeth L.D. Cannon Executive Director Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230 Re: Commen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Clean Energy Buyers Association issued a 29-page report in November 2024 entitled "Powering United States Primary Steel Decarbonization." The report was written by Jen Snook, Josh Seidenfeld, Cate Homicki, Rob Hardison and Supharat Thorne. Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the race to decarbonize global economies, steel has become a focal point due to its highly carbon intensive production processes. In 2020, the production of primary and secondary stee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 31, 2024, from Wabash National Corp., Lafayette, Indiana: * * * To: United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center, Room 3334 WJC West Building 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Wabash National Corporation's Comments on U.S. EPA's September 16, 2024 Proposed Rule "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Review and Renewal of Eligibility fo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication on Nov. 1, 2024, from MLCommons: * * * ABOUT MLCOMMONS AND ITS INTEREST IN THIS REQUEST FOR COMMENTS This response to the Food and Drug Administration's Request for Comments on Docket No. FDA-2024-N-3924 for "Digital Health Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments" is submitted on behalf of MLCo  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 7 -- The Indiana Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2024: * * * Plainfield cuts ribbon on first phase of Echo Hollow Nature Park, allocates READI funding to accelerate regional park master plan * * * The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) joined local and regional leaders in Plainfield today to cut the ribbon on the Echo Hollow Nature Park boardwalk, a key milestone in the town's comprehensive regional nature park   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Zackery Helgert as the new resident inspector at the Donald C. Cook nuclear power plant. The twounit plant in Bridgman, Michigan, is operated by Indiana Michigan Power Co. "Congratulations to Zack on his new position. We are happy to have him join our agency," said NRC Region III Administrator Jack Giessner. "As our organization grows, we are pleased to have  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in September 2024 than a year earlier in 260 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 101 areas, and unchanged in 28 areas. The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase in September occurred in Kokomo, Indiana (+4.0 percentage points). Thirty-five other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point.  more