By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 16, 2023
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland withdrew the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge land exchange between King Cove Corporation and the Interior Department after the department determined the 2019 land exchange contained procedural flaws and was inconsistent with its policy.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 15, 2023
The Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, located near New Jersey's Passaic River, is one of the longest existing extensively contaminated sites listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Priority List of polluted locations in need of remediation. Although the EPA estimated that cleaning up the site will cost $1.8 billion, it recently came to an agreement for 85 polluters to pay for $150 million worth of cleanup costs, raising the question of who will pay for the rest.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 15, 2023
The CEO of the embattled Norfolk Southern railroad company recently testified before U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and apologized for the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 15, 2023
JGN Services, a roofing contracting company based in Lake Mary, Fla., has been fined $55,841 by the Wage and Hour Division for violating child labor regulations after a 15-year-old minor suffered severe head and spinal injuries due to a lack of federally required fall protection on a worksite.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 15, 2023
The Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement requested the Mexican government review workers’ rights violations at Unique Fabricating’s Querétaro facility in Mexico.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 15, 2023
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the United States and India reached a memorandum of understanding on semiconductor supply chains and innovation partnerships in a public statement March 10 after meeting with India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 14, 2023
A team led by researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have determined that marine heat waves can occur deep underwater, as reported in a paper published in Nature Communications.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 14, 2023
As U.S. officials confirmed that Australia plans to purchase several nuclear-powered submarines from the U.S., Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said the U.S. and Australia are on the same page when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 14, 2023
U.S. companies have been found to have exploited and abused migrant children through their use of labor and not affording them the basic protections and safety that other employees are afforded.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 14, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration has submitted the President’s Budget for the fiscal year 2024 to Congress with $12.3 billion in discretionary funding and $4 billion in mandatory funding for the Department of Commerce, according to a press release issued March 9.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration awarded a $2 million grant to Mid-State Technical College in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin to support the development of the Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering Technology and Apprenticeship (AMETA) Center.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 11, 2023
Even though the Department of Defense (DOD) rescinded the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for service members at the beginning of the year, thousands of men and women could still be discharged for not applying for a vaccine exemption.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
While lawmakers were discussing Twitter during a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) alluded to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, who also owns a stake in Twitter. Plaskett said that although CZ is a Canadian citizen, he is a “Chinese national.” Crypto influencer and analyst Chris Blec and CZ himself said on Twitter that Plaskett's comments implied racism and discrimination.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.
