News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
In the letter, Rodgers, Smith, and Brady note that recent reports as well as specific statements from Biden Administration officials indicate that the Administration is planning to request additional taxpayer dollars in the name of combatting COVID-19
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
“This is a win for American dairy farmers who just want a fair shake at the market,” said Chairwoman Stabenow.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today welcomed news from the Biden-Harris Administration on its Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
“Yesterday’s announcement from Ambassador Tai regarding the USMCA panel’s siding with the United States is a huge victory for U.S. dairy farmers, exporters and workers,” said Chairman David Scott.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
"Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America”
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
Before his retirement, Jendek undertook hundreds of expeditions in highly remote and difficult to access areas — or areas that have since been deforested or are no longer accessible.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
The VMLRP helps qualified veterinarians offset a significant portion of the debt incurred in pursuit of their veterinary medicine degrees in return for their service in certain high-priority veterinary shortage situations.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
Funded projects in this program support best practices in teaching that enhance student learning outcomes.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
The Agricultural Workforce training grants will provide community, technical or junior college students the skills and tools necessary to secure industry-accepted credentials to join the workforce.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
An estimated 14,000 households in 14 counties (Caldwell, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Taylor and Warren) may be eligible to receive this much-needed food assistance.
By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2022
WIC offers vital nutrition support to mothers, caregivers, infants, and children.
By Zachary Richter | Jan 8, 2022
Visitors to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Twin Peaks Campground can now confirm their reservations before they arrive on Recreation.gov.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of October 2021 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, complaints received, and oversales.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found that the owner of a luxury apartment rental property in San Jose’s historic Japantown denied maintenance workers overtime wages, and failed to keep accurate records of employees’ earnings in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
A Southern California construction company has paid $72,342 in back wages and liquidated damages to 12 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer failed to pay them overtime wages as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found they violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping prohibitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
The defendant refused to provide the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs copies of its affirmative action programs and several other supporting documents during a compliance audit by the agency, in violation of federal law.
By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2022
Exposure to dangerous toxins at an Alabama chemical manufacturing plant – Daikin America Inc. – lead to the deaths of two workers and sickened another worker after the employer failed to provide appropriate protective equipment and implement safe work practices during maintenance activities on chemical processing equipment.
