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Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for 2024-12-21 ( 3 items )  
Corps of Engineers Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Lock and Dam 10 Mooring Cell Project (10)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Lock and Dam 10 mooring cell project. The purpose of the project is to construct a mooring cell for navigation vessels to tie off while awaiting passage through the lock on the Upper Mississippi River, upstream of Lock and Dam 10, near Gut more PR

FLRA Issues Decision Regarding Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Complex Vs. AFGE, Local 4036, Council of Prison Locals No. 33 (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0 AR 5743) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI (Agency) and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 4036 COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS #33 (Union) 0 AR 5743 DECISION December 18, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wa more PR

Justice Dept.: Former Mississippi State Capitol Police Officer Indicted for Excessive Force Against a Handcuffed Arrestee (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Mississippi charging former Mississippi State Capitol Police Flex Unit officer Jeffery Walker with felony deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court documents, Walker used excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee, identified as E.S., including the use of dangerous weapons and force resulting in bodily i more PR