News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
US Department of Labor, industry stakeholders to co-host online webinar to help protect construction workers from electrical hazards
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on ensuring American leadership in next generation communications technology.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement urging the Biden administration to extend the pause on student loan repayment, collections, and interest accrual through 2022.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Committee on Education and Labor advanced six bills that would strengthen the social safety net and build healthier communities for all Americans.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
A Winchester non-profit provider of social services shortchanged caregivers by failing to pay them the federal minimum wage, as the law requires for all government contractors, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon’s full Committee hearing entitled “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Assessing the U.S. and International Response.”
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led seven of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to President Joe Biden calling for democracy, good governance, and human rights to be top priorities for the upcoming US-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Leaders Summit. In light of recent trends toward democratic backsliding in Southeast Asia, the senators emphasized their concerns that, if left unaddressed, developing dynamics in the region will undermine the United States’ efforts to work with partners to construct a free and open Indo-Pacific.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today published compliance assistance for 401(k) plan fiduciaries considering plan investments in cryptocurrencies, in an effort aimed at protecting the retirement savings of U.S. workers.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Local 584 Pension Plan (Local 584 Plan).
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Milk Industry Office Employees Pension Plan (Milk Industry Plan). The plan, based in New York City, New York, covers 78 participants.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Known as the “Air Capital of the World,” the Wichita, Kansas, area is home to some of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, so there was a significant ripple effect in the region after the grounding of the Boeing 737 in 2020.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Just months after one of the largest structure fires in North Carolina’s history, at QVC Rocky Mount Inc.’s Distribution Center in December 2021, thousands of workers found themselves facing unemployment.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 21, 2022
A research team with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS) is working to save the world's supply of chocolate.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
With opioid-related overdoses linked to 3,237 deaths in Ohio in 2018, and the state’s neonatal units reporting higher rates of newborns suffering opioid withdrawal, opioid abuse remains a serious health emergency.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: Chiricahua National Monument Night Sky Special Event.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
“I believe that what is past is not over,” said Coast Guard Museum curator Jen Gaudio.
