News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: As COVID-19 cases rise once again in America, health officials say the Delta variant is now the most dominant strain not only in the U.S., but across the world. This setback comes just weeks after the Biden administration pledged to lead the way in global vaccination efforts. Will the virus’s ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a particular pleasure to have Foreign Minister Hussein, my friend of many years, colleague of many years here at the State Department, with his delegation for the Strategic Dialogue with the United States and Iraq.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will travel to Geneva, Switzerland to lead the U.S. delegation’s participation in a U.S.-Russia bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue on July 28, 2021. She will be joined by Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins, ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein today on the margins of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue in Washington, D.C. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Hussein reviewed the Strategic Dialogue and ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: The United States is pleased to announce nearly $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq as well as Iraqi refugees in the region and generous communities hosting them. With this additional funding from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: The following is the text of a communiqué issued by the United States of America, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Today’s U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee meeting in Washington underscored the breadth of U.S. support for Iraq.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Thank you, Jen. And good afternoon, everyone.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $800,000 of incremental funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support employment and training services for individuals affected by the closure of three manufacturing companies in Essex County.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA – On Jan. 28, 2021, six workers went to work at a Gainesville poultry processing facility unaware that they would not return home. Just after their shift began, a freezer at the plant malfunctioned, releasing colorless, odorless liquid nitrogen into the plant’s air, displacing the oxygen in the room.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $800,000 in incremental funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support job creation and workforce training services for individuals significantly impacted by widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose in Bristol and Plymouth counties.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: LANSING, MI – A Lansing business owner who failed to forward $25,252 in employer contributions and $52,753 in employee payroll-deducted retirement contributions to his company’s individual retirement plan will pay $798 in court fines and costs after pleading guilty in Michigan’s 30th Circuit Court of Ingham County.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $800,000 in incremental funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support job creation and workforce training services for individuals significantly impacted by widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose in Bristol and Plymouth counties.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA – On Jan. 28, 2021, six workers went to work at a Gainesville poultry processing facility unaware that they would not return home. Just after their shift began, a freezer at the plant malfunctioned, releasing colorless, odorless liquid nitrogen into the plant’s air, displacing the oxygen in the room.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: LANSING, MI – A Lansing business owner who failed to forward $25,252 in employer contributions and $52,753 in employee payroll-deducted retirement contributions to his company’s individual retirement plan will pay $798 in court fines and costs after pleading guilty in Michigan’s 30th Circuit Court of Ingham County.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $800,000 of incremental funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support employment and training services for individuals affected by the closure of three manufacturing companies in Essex County.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.