LITTLETON, Colorado, April 25 -- Arapahoe County issued the following news on April 24, 2024: Arapahoe County this week unveiled new website exercises and tools to help residents better understand the sustainable funding challenges the county faces in the months ahead. County commissioners are asking residents to consider either reducing or eliminating many essential services or to consider other alternative funding sources to sustain these services. Last month, the county launched www.acbudget more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the California Infrastructure Economic D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management announced today the selection of David Rosenkrance as the Assistant Director for the Energy, Minerals, and Realty Management Program. In this role, Rosenkrance will manage BLM's work on renewable energy, oil and gas, mining and minerals, and grants for rights-of-way associated with solar and wind energy development on public lan more PR

PUEBLO, Colorado, April 24 -- The city of Pueblo issued the following news: The City of Pueblo received notice of award from the Department of Local Affairs for a $1,000,000 grant to assist with the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo (HARP) Channel Extension and Boathouse Project. Pueblo City Council approved an ordinance to accept the grant and to appropriate the funds to move forward with the project on Monday, April 8. "The City of Pueblo is grateful to DOLA for the $1 million award to h more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado Department of Higher Education issued the following news release: The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI), a division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education awarded 129 grants, totaling $13,892,755 to support Coloradans pursuing higher education. "COSI's goal to have more Colorado students enroll, persist and complete shines through in the latest allocation of awards--totaling more than $13 million--which helps our students have more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The House Health & Human Services Committee today passed two pieces of legislation to improve health outcomes for pregnant people, infants and those living with sickle cell disease. HB24-1456, sponsored by Representative Julia Marvin and Representative Lindsey Daugherty, would direct the State Board of Health to create prenatal testing standards for syphilis to keep pregnant people a more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee today passed legislation aimed at leveraging millions in federal infrastructure funding to bring passenger rail service to Colorado and expanding public transportation options across the state. SB24-184 passed by a vote of 8-3. "Once in a generation federal infrastructure funding is giving us the opportunity to build an e more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The House today passed legislation on a preliminary vote to ramp up financial penalties for businesses that violate child labor laws. "Over the years, Colorado has made important progress to improve child labor laws - but we must ensure violators are held accountable for their actions," said Rep. Sheila Lieder, D-Littleton. "Under current law, businesses face small or non-existent fi more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The House advanced legislation today on a preliminary vote to crack down on predatory towing, improve industry transparency, and ramp up consumer protections. "Leveling the playing field amongst towing companies and everyday Coloradans is essential, and that begins with dismantling financial incentives for towing companies," said Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, D-Fort Collins. "While the To more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 24 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 24A-0116CP 3940 Express Services LLC IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF 3940 EXPRESS SERVICES LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER BY MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE. a. Filing Date and Party: 03/11/2024 3940 Express Services LLC Description: Application for a Certificate of Publi more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * Colorado Energy Office and Oweesta Corporation to receive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Colorado Energy Office and Owee more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 23 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. The final rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for light- and medium-duty ve more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:21-cv-01669-JO-MSB; S.D. Cal. filed Sept. 23, 2021) involving Choice Advisors, LLC and Matthias O'Meara: * * * Federal Court Grants SEC Summary Judgment Over Claims That Municipal Advisor Breached Fiduciary Duties Owed to Its School Clients and Entered into Prohibited Fee-Splitting Arrangement * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California gr more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to intervene in a case to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. These include passenger cars, large pickup trucks, and vans. The rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for harmful air pollutants, i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57076) involving Nondestructive & Visual Inspection, Northglenn, Colorado: * * * Rep Org: Colorado Dept of Health Licensee: Nondestructive & Visual Inspection Region: 4 City: Northglenn State: CO License #: CO1241-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Carrie Romanchek HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 04/15/2024 Notification Time: 12:28 [ET] Event Date: 03/24/2024 Event Ti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation honored three researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. The 2024 recipients: Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, a biomedical engineer at Johns Hopkins University; Katrina G. Claw, a genetic scientist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; and Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, an engineer w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract Siliciclastic strata of the Colorado Plateau attracted attention for their striking red, green, bleached,13 and variegated colors that potentially record both early depositional and later diagenetic events. We14 focus specifically on the proximal-most strata of the Paradox Basin, from their onlap contact with15 Precambrian base more PR

PUEBLO, Colorado, April 25 -- The city of Pueblo issued the following news on April 24, 2024: Mayor of Pueblo Heather Graham, Chief of Pueblo Police Department Chris Noeller and Special Agent in charge of the Denver Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Mark Michalek hosted a press conference on Tuesday, April 23 to address recent homicides in 2024 and gun violence in the Pueblo community. The Pueblo Police Department and FBI have a long-term partnership with the Safe Street more PR

EVERETT, Washington, April 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Charges the Casual Dining Chain Allowed Female Employees, including a Teen, to be Sexually Harassed, Retaliated Against, and Forced to Resign * * * Restaurant chain Red Robin International, Inc. agreed to pay $600,000 to four former employees and provide other injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment, retaliation and constructive disc more PR

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $70 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for 43 projects in 29 states that will improve fish passage around outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation's rivers and streams. Projects receiving funding showcase a diverse po more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 4,850 More Borrowers in Colorado, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 48,130 people in Colorado under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including 4, more PR