WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Funding will enhance safety and efficiency at airports of all sizes as part of President's Investing in America agenda The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another $76.1 million from the previously allocated $9 billion, for 45 airport-related infrastructure projects in 22 states. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastr  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Nationally, public school spending per student rose 8.9% from $14,358 in FY 2021 to $15,633 in FY 2022, according to new data from the 2022 Annual Survey of School System Finances released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This represents the largest percentage increase in public school spending per pupil in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in over 20 years. Statistics are not a  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 27 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its partners will host the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 27, at nearly 5,000 locations nationwide, including approximately 170 drop-offs within the five state DEA Omaha Division. The public is invited to safely dispose of tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged That Delivery Company Assigned Black Drivers to More Dangerous and Arduous Work * * * Delivery company DHL will pay $8.7 million and be subject to the oversight of a court-appointed monitor to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another $76.1 million from the previously allocated $9 billion, for 45 airport-related infrastructure projects in 22 states. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on April 25, 2024, by Commissioner Brendan Carr on an action entitled "Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" (WC Docket No. 18-336). * * * A year ago, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, I had the opportunity to visit the Helpline Center--an organization that provides mental and behavioral health services and that answers over 100,000 calls   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catast  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 26, 2024: On Thursday, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a 17-State coalition, led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA).  more