By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
Analysts believe China’s Xi Jinping will not attack Taiwan before he is re-elected, according to CIA Director William Burns. He told a House committee that the world’s reaction to Russia invading Ukraine has given Xi second thoughts.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
The U.S. is banning imports of fish and seafood, alcoholic beverages and diamonds from Russia as part of the U.S. strategy to financially punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
Workers at a Mexico manufacturing plant have taken a step toward unionizing by voting to choose which labor organization should represent them, a move welcomed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $603,882 in wages for 119 home health care workers employed by Ohio company 1st Choice Family Services Inc. at its Columbus headquarters and at locations in Reynoldsburg and Findlay.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
An independent panel of judges picked three American organizations to once again receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which is awarded for excellence in performance.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
President Joe Biden detailed new efforts with NATO allies and the G7 to squeeze Russian President Vladimir Putin, even more, to hold him accountable for the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
Fishery scientists can determine how many and what species of fish are in a habitat by using eDNA found in water samples as it is shed by ocean animals from scales to waste, according to a March 4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration news release.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 12, 2022
The Department of Energy will make a $6 million investment to train students from historically black colleges in environmental remediation of pollution from coal-based electricity generation and provide coal research funds.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 11, 2022
Washington State University’s Center for Innovation established its Manufacturing Roundtable to connect local inventors, start-ups and entrepreneurs to nearby experts in manufacturing to help them bring products to market.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 11, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su joined with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters March 3 for an online discussion of strategies for improving trucking job quality and for retaining and recruiting drivers.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security imposed export control measures on U.S. items, including technology to restrict Russia’s access to items supporting its defense industrial base and military and intelligence services.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a California aviation provider to pay a former employee $958,000 and correct misinformation made by the employer in retaliation for reporting flight safety issues.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 9, 2022
President Joe Biden announced March 8 that the U.S. will not be buying or using any gas or energy from Russia, increasing the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNBC said.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 9, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor made $45 million available for people from marginalized and underrepresented populations to access career and technical education programs to help connect them with good-paying jobs.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 9, 2022
The Senate unanimously passed legislation March 4 to give universities control over Confucius Institutes that host them over concerns the organization suppresses free speech on American college campuses.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 9, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce will help connect more than 133,000 unserved households to broadband utilizing grant funding.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
The fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales that remain need boaters with vessels as small as 30 feet in length to slow down to keep the whales and their passengers safe.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to tell Americans he’s prepared for the U.S. military to protect other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries if Russia extends its invasion of Ukraine to other nations.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $54 million to 13 research projects in seven states for pandemic response program development.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Europe’s stability "hangs in the balance" with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an update during a March 4 visit to Brussels, Belgium.
