News from December 2020
By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON—The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank and intermediate small bank under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced five new members of its Community Advisory Council (CAC).
By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday, December 17 announced the members of its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) and the president of the council for 2021.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Reed and Directors Bachus and Pryor, for your leadership of this Board, and for your work developing the proposal we are considering today, permitting EXIM to provide full financing packages for exports in designated transformational sectors containing at least 51 percent U.S. content. ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: KALAMAZOO, MI – Three Kalamazoo, Michigan-area restaurants under joint ownership have paid $225,000 in back wages to 82 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, MI – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Mr. C’s Car Wash – based in Rochester, Michigan – has paid $85,753 in back wages to 414 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime and minimum wage requirements at all nine of the employer’s Detroit-metro locations.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – BSN Sports LLC Indianapolis will pay $600,000 in back pay and interest to more than 3,000 job applicants at its Indianapolis, Indiana, production facility as part an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to resolve alleged hiring discrimination.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that nine more organizations have been recognized as Standards Recognition Entities (SRE) overseeing the development of high-quality Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – BSN Sports LLC Indianapolis will pay $600,000 in back pay and interest to more than 3,000 job applicants at its Indianapolis, Indiana, production facility as part an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to resolve alleged hiring discrimination.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, MI – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Mr. C’s Car Wash – based in Rochester, Michigan – has paid $85,753 in back wages to 414 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime and minimum wage requirements at all nine of the employer’s Detroit-metro locations.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that nine more organizations have been recognized as Standards Recognition Entities (SRE) overseeing the development of high-quality Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: KALAMAZOO, MI – Three Kalamazoo, Michigan-area restaurants under joint ownership have paid $225,000 in back wages to 82 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to lying to a federal investigator who was looking into allegations of major program fraud, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is partnering with the non-profit New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC) to leverage its extensive public safety network of state and local law enforcement and transit authorities within...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kellam Nichols, 36, of Bernalillo, New Mexico, was charged in federal court on Dec. 10 with Hobbs Act robbery and attempted Hobbs Act robbery. Nichols will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Dianne McLester-Heim (Age: 46) of Oneida for allegedly stealing money while employed by the Oneida Community Health Center.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming raised about $6.99 million in its Dec. 15-17, 2020, quarterly oil and gas lease sale, facilitating economic opportunities and infrastructure investment in local communities. The BLM received bids on 181 of the 263 parcels offered, totaling about 165,754 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted six men on a charge of conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta each face up to...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Nov. 19, 2020, through Jan. 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is scheduled to be closed to the public three days each year, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Independence Day. This year, the monument will be closed Thursday, December 24 and Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 for the Christmas Holiday, including all buildings and access to the park grounds. The monument will resume operations at 9 am Saturday, December 26.
