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Ball: New wood product can 'revolutionize sustainable construction'
A University of Maryland professor's wood replacement product that's stronger than steel scored a $20 million grant last week for development expansion.
Transportation
Carper Commends EPA Guidance for States to Limit PFAS Pollution
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a memorandum issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to state environmental agencies to limit the discharge of PFAS pollution into our nation’s waters...
Transportation
At White House Tribal Nations Summit, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Announces New Actions to Support Better, Safer Infrastructure in Indian Country
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last week, as part of the second Tribal Nations Summit under the Biden-Harris Administration, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a slate of actions to build on USDOT’s ongoing work to deliver infrastructure funding to Indian Country. The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure . .
Labor
US Department of Labor recovers $28K in back wages for 36 restaurant workers illegally paid as independent contractors, denied overtime pay
News Release: ST. PETERSBURG, FL - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found a St. Petersburg restaurant ran afoul of federal law, leading to the recovery of $28,162 in back wages for 36 employees, and changes to the employers’ pay practices. The employer illegally paid kitchen staff, dishwashers, and servers as independent contractors.
Labor
Care industry compliance initiative recovers $1M for 77 workers denied full wages by Seattle-area employers
News Release: SEATTLE - While 77 care workers employed by Seattle-area adult family home providers worked long hours to ensure the well-being and daily needs of older adults and people with disabilities, a federal investigation has found their employers were shortchanging them $530,418 in wages.
State
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development, Mary Ng
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development, Mary Ng
State
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting With Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting With Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru
State
Explanation of Vote on a Second Committee Resolution on the New International Economic Order
Explanation of Vote on a Second Committee Resolution on the New International Economic Order
Commerce
Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company’s Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers
Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company’s Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers
Commerce
Brady: November Jobs Report is a Nightmare Before Christmas
Brady: November Jobs Report is a Nightmare Before Christmas
Commerce
President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy
President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy
Commerce
Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress
Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress
Commerce
Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession
Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession
Justice
Indictment Charges New Britain Man with Cocaine Trafficking and Gun Possession Offenses
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging NERICK DIAZ-QUESADA, 24, of New Britain, with cocaine trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
Labor
US Department of Labor recovers $503K in back wages, damages for 227 Panama City Beach hotel workers misclassified as independent contractors
News Release: PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $503,053 in back wages and liquidated damages for 227 workers of a Panama City Beach hotel staffing agency that denied them full wages and benefits when the employer misclassified them as independent contractors.
Commerce
Wyden Statement on new Treasury Department guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act worker protections
Wyden Statement on new Treasury Department guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act worker protections
Commerce
Chair Grijalva Celebrates New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Actions on Tribal Consultation and Co-Management
Chair Grijalva Celebrates New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Actions on Tribal Consultation and Co-Management
Commerce
E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress
E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress
Commerce
Census Bureau Reports on States With the Highest Percentage of Vacant
Census Bureau Reports on States With the Highest Percentage of Vacant
Commerce
Census Bureau Releases 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey Summary Tables
Census Bureau Releases 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey Summary Tables
Commerce
Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.6 Monthly Data Release
Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.6 Monthly Data Release
Transportation
Carper, Capito, DeFazio, and Graves Announce Negotiated Water Resources Development Act of 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ...
Labor
US Department of Labor seeking current, former Tempe plastering contractor’s workers owed share of $2.6M in back wages, damages
News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking current and former employees of a Tempe construction contractor who may be owed a share of more than $2.6 million in overtime wages and damages recovered after a federal court approved a consent judgment in response to litigation and a long-standing investigation by the department.
State
Announcement of New Cohort of U.S. Science Envoys
News Release: The U.S. Department of State has selected seven distinguished scientists to serve as U.S. Science Envoys in January 2023: Dr. Drew Harvell, Dr. Jessica Gephart, Dr. Christine Kreuder Johnson, Dr. LaShanda Korley, Dr. Prineha Narang, Ms. Frances Seymour, and Dr. Kyle Whyte. Through the Science Envoy Program, ...
Commerce
FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Rhode Island
FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Rhode Island