MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * Restaurant Settles Federal Charges It Subjected Gay Employee to Hostile Work Environment At Its Memphis Restaurant, Then Fired Him for Complaining * * * J.H.S. Holdings, LLC, and 4Top Hospitality Group, Inc., owners of Amerigo Italian Restaurant, will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discriminat  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 2 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after co-leading with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on behalf of 19 other state attorneys general in filing suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over the Biden Administration's new rule attacking the abil  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * Distribution Center Settles Federal Charge That It Retaliated Against Employee After He Complained of National Origin Discrimination at Its Memphis Facility * * * Barrett Distribution Centers, LLC will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit for unlawful retaliation against an employee, the fed  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have completed cleanup associated with the demolition of a major reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Workers finished the teardown of the Low Intensity Test Reactor and disposition of rubble and debris from the facility last fall, achieving an EM prior  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Department of Labor today announced the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act will hold an online meeting from May 8-9, 2024, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Meetings are open to the public. The act provides compensation and medical benefits to nuclear weapons wor  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the registration and use of a renewable gasoline blendstock developed by Vertimass LLC and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that can significantly reduce the emissions profile of vehicles when added to conventional fuels. EPA approved the blending of up to 20% of the VertiGas20 green gasoli  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary; R- State Runoff (if necessary); SP- Special Primary Election; SG- Special General Election; SSP- U.S. Senate Special Primary *Dates subject to change. May 2024: May 7th: Indiana (P)(S) May 14th: Maryland   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 2 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: In the midst of actions against Florida universities over alleged NIL violations, Attorney General Ashley Moody is taking legal action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association for violating antitrust laws. Until recently, the NCAA did not meaningfully enforce its unclear and constantly changing NIL policy. Suddenly, only days after the NCAA published a series of pos  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 2 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a 21-state coalition in a lawsuit challenging the Biden Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' extreme new rule that effectively bans gun sales. The rule significantly expands the definition of a "firearms dealer," forcing Iowans to register as federal firearms dealers to sell even a single gun between family members. Americans wh  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 2 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein urged leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to allocate maximum funding for grant-making organization Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2025 budget. Each year, LSC awards field grants to a network of nonprofit legal service providers that provide legal assistance to low-income Americans in every U.S. county, state, and territory.  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * NIH-led study finds genetic markers that explain up to 12% of the differences between two people's blood pressure. * * * National Institutes of Health researchers and collaborators have discovered over 100 new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci, that appear to influence a person's blood pressure. Results   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * NIH-supported findings could open up a new field of cardiovascular disease research using cancer therapies to combat the buildup of disease-causing plaque. * * * Researchers have discovered that the smooth muscle cells that line the arteries of people with atherosclerosis can change into new cell types and develop traits simi  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Together with his counterparts in five other states, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today sued the U.S. Department of Education over the recent overhaul of Title IX, saying the profound changes trample all over the lawmaking power of Congress. "This regulation turns the statute upside down," Yost said. "Title IX was meant to protect equal opportunity for women. This new rule says ther  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and six other Department of Energy national laboratories have developed a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions. The roadmap was recently published in the journal Nature Reviews Chemistry. The researchers from the DOE laboratories -- ORNL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Brookhaven N  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 1, 2024: On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, announced that Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia have joined the multistate coalition challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for violating federal antitrust laws with its anticompetitive restrictions on the ability of current and   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Steven Weaver, 51, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 140 months in prison and five years of supervised release, announced Henry C. Leventis, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Weaver previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamp  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: The Tennessee National Guard embraced the Scout BSA slogan, "do a good turn daily," as they hosted the 3rd Annual Merit Badge University for nearly 400 scouts who wanted to live up to their motto, "be prepared," on April 27. Held at the Tennessee Military Department's Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville, more than 50 Soldiers, Airmen, and volunteers from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agen  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 2 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multistate coalition including Louisiana, Missouri, and Utah to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF") of the U.S. Department of Justice for unlawfully attempting to abridge Americans' constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms. The ATF's regulatory restrictions go beyond the authority granted to the  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSresL) -- The White House issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, a key component of Bidenomics, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress towards lowering costs - including internet costs - for American families across the country. The Affordable Connectivity Program, enacted under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as the largest internet affordability program in our nation's history, has he  more