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*Illinois Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2024-08-06 ( 11 items )  
Attorney General Bonta: We Must Continue to Protect and Uphold NEPA, the Cornerstone of America's Environmental Protections (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND - Co-leading a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for North Dakota to defend the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)'s revised regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the nation's bedrock environmental law. The CEQ's rule, finalized on May 1 more PR

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - June 2024' (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024 entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. more PR

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - June 2024' (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R more PR

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - June 2024' (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.8 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more PR

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - June 2024' (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C more PR

Contracts for Aug. 5, 2024 (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,316,877,000 undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2110 for economic ordering quantity material in support of the planned Virginia Class Block VI submarines and in furtherance of the Navy's commitment to the health and stability of the industrial base. Work will be per more PR

Department of Labor Recovers $135K in Back Wages, Damages for 77 Employees Denied Overtime by Ware Landscaping (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on Aug. 5, 2024: * * * Employers: Ware Landscaping, Naperville, Illinois, Michael Ware, owner Action: U.S. Department of Labor complaint and consent judgment filing Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Court action: The department has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring Ware Landscaping and its owner to pay $67,500 in back wages and an equa more PR

EEOC Sues Alto Ingredients for Disability Discrimination (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CHICAGO Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, when the electrician applied for  more PR

Fluid Workforce Keeps Army Sustainment Command Chief of Civilian Personnel Busy With Hiring, Retaining People (10)
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: Story by Corinna Baltos, U.S. Army Sustainment Command U.S. Army Sustainment Command relies on hiring the right personnel to successfully deliver globally responsive strategic logistic capabilities and material readiness to enable combatant commanders to conduct their missions. One such key personnel is Jillian Bernier, division chief of ASC's G1 (Human Resources) Civilian Personnel division, with a  more PR

Maintaining the Warfighter Mindset: Command Chief Symposium 2024 (10)
SCOTT AFB, Illinois, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Air Mobility Command and Chief Master Sgt. Newman, AMC command chief, hosted the Command Chief Symposium Wednesday, July 31 to August 1, 2024, bringing together command-wide senior enlisted leaders to further forge leadership and lethality within AMC while focusing on Body, Mind, and Craft. For body portion, the team participated in six hours of Krav Maga, Israeli martial arts aimed at improving p more PR

Novel Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Technique Advances Understanding of Processes Applicable to Brain-Like Computing (10)
ARGONNE, Illinois, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: * * * Charge density waves have applications in next-generation and energy-efficient computing Scientists used an ultrafast electron microscope to capture the nanosecond changes in a material during electrical pulsing. Understanding these changes may lead to more energy-efficient electronics. * * * Today's supercomputers consume vast amounts of more PR