News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jointly announced today that Black & Decker (United States) Inc. has agreed to pay a $1.575 million penalty to settle allegations that it knowingly violated the reporting requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California announced a settlement requiring the Lehigh cement plant near Cupertino, California, to reduce toxic discharges of selenium and other metals to Permanente Creek, a tributary of San Francisco Bay. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica pleaded guilty today in Miami, the Justice Department announced. John White was charged in a Nov. 29, 2011, indictment in the Southern District of Florida with conspiracy to commit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: A Smiths Creek, Michigan, resident who specialized in repairing classic and rare cars was convicted today by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan of one count of tax evasion and four counts of failure to file income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Today, the filing of an Information charging Alicia Keir, 24, of Demotte, Indiana, with involuntary manslaughter for the death of her newborn child by failing to summon medical attention, announced U.S. Attorney David Capp for the Northern District of Indiana.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic growth slowed during the winter months, in part reflecting transitory factors. The pace of job gains moderated, and the unemployment rate remained steady. A range of labor market indicators suggests that ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: The temporary help services industry has bounced back from the recession and continues to grow. Newly available data are enabling the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) to re-examine this important industry and update a report on the temp industry that we published last year.1 Although we ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued a statement on the introduction of the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act).
![MSHA News Release: MSHA releases preliminary fatality data for first quarter of 2015 [04/29/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/6f/df/11410065/webp_adobestock_228780059.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — In the mining industry, death doesn't discriminate between young and old. In February 2014, 24-year-old Arthur Gelentser III died after he was crushed by a continuous mining machine in an underground Virginia coal mine. In November of that year, 67-year-old James Crane was killed when his dump truck tumbled backward 30 feet off an embankment at a sandstone mine in Pennsylvania.
![ETA News Release: $150M available to states to strengthen and expand innovative job training and reemployment strategies for laid-off workers [04/29/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/2f/cf/11410059/webp_adobestock_198806990.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — Losing a job is often traumatic, especially when the layoff was unexpected and through no fault of the worker. For those struggling with long-term unemployment, the trauma can deepen to despair and frustration as finances dwindle and prospects are limited.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: April 20, 2015 Type of Action: Civil Complaint Names of Defendants: Lance Silva, National Upholstering Company, Inc., and the National Upholstering Company 401(k) Plan Allegations: Defendants Lance Silva and National Upholstering Company, Inc. administered a 401(k) Plan for their employees. ...
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
