WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following opening remarks on Nov. 19, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke at an event on the 15th anniversary of the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. I am honored and proud to be with you for this important comme  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * $10 Billion in Allocation Authority Available * * * The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) for the next round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). A total of $10 billion in Allocation Authority is   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: PATERSON, NJ - A commercial baker in Paterson faces $385,221 in federal penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer failed to correct workplace safety hazards identified in 2023. The department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began a follow-up inspection at Valenti's Bakery LLC in May 2024 after the employer failed   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Search Warrants Uncover 20 Firearms, 12.5 Pounds of Cocaine * * * Attorney General Michelle Henry, along with the Pennsylvania State Police and New Jersey State Police, announced charges against 20 alleged cocaine traffickers, who investigators allege, used firearms to protect their "large-scale" trafficking operation in the greater Philadelphia area. Officials  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * UFCW Local 360 Labor-Management Plan Preserves Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 360 Labor-Management Pension Plan (UFCW   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center "It's been a gamechanger." That's how Dr. Yusuf Mehta describes the partnership between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC), and the organization he leads, Rowan University's Center for Research & Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering S  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors can exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "People shouldn't have to be annoyed by robocall after robocall," said Attorney Genera  more