News from July 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit woman who was caught in Huntington with heroin in December 2016 was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ebony Inez-Latee Johnson, 43, previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging her with possession with intent to distribute heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 43-year-old Richardson, Texas man has been found guilty of child enticement charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Harcros Chemicals Inc. has entered into a proposed agreement to settle claims that Harcros violated provisions of the Clean Air Act aimed at preventing accidental releases of chemicals that can have ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry welcomed the announcement from the Government of Ukraine that Ukrainian state-owned power generation company Centrenergo PJSC will purchase American thermal coal ahead of the upcoming winter season.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has reached a settlement agreement with owners of six southern New Jersey gas stations to pay nearly $500,000 in back wages and damages to 27 employees working as gas station attendants.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Pa. – A Pittsburgh-area wholesale nursery has paid nearly $150,000 in back wages and penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company failed to recruit and hire American workers from Puerto Rico before hiring foreign workers under the H-2A visa program, in violation of section ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON – An enterprise operating six limited-service restaurants with pizza delivery in Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Auburn has paid $292,016 in back wages and an equal amount in damages for 73 employees. It has also amended its payroll practices to comply with federal Fair Labor Standards Act requirements in an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: DENVER – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the DJ Basin Safety Council have renewed an alliance to provide oil and gas industry workers in northern Colorado with information, guidance, and training to enhance the industry’s safety culture.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 31, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.