WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced four opinion letters designed to promote clarity, consistency, and transparency in the application of federal labor standards. The opinion letters provide official written interpretations from the division…

Semler Scientific Inc. has agreed to pay $29.75 million and its former distributor, Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. and its related companies, has agreed to pay $7.2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§…

WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has entered a consent order against Tennessee residents Michael Griffis and Amanda Griffis for fraud involving a commodity pool. The order…

“President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is the largest, most consequential tax cut on the middle class ever. Now, the Tax Foundation — the leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit — confirms that. Between lower inflation, massive investments, and historic tax…

The FTC and the State of Nevada allege the scheme used false or baseless earnings claims to sell financial training programs and a multi-level-marketing business venture Three of the defendants involved in the IM Mastery Academy scheme will pay $2.5…

MCLEAN, Va. -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.63%. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to its lowest level since April,” said Sam Khater, Freddie…

President Donald J. Trump joined Apple CEO Tim Cook to announce the company will increase its U.S. investment to $600 billion over the next four years as it brings additional components of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing back home.…

WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright announced the release of the fifth loan disbursement to Holtec to help fund the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Today’s action disburses $83,234,156 of the up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee…

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for conspiring to artificially manipulate the coal market through anti-competitive trade practices. A federal district court judge has denied the asset managers’ motion to dismiss—allowing…

New facility to create more than 1,000 jobs LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- As part of its continued investment in Arkansas, today Amazon broke ground on a more than 930,000-square-foot logistics facility in Little Rock that will create more than 1,000…

Mountain Pine, AR – WinChoice, a leading window manufacturing company, today announced a $3 million expansion to its manufacturing facility in Mountain Pine, Arkansas. This significant investment will create more than 50 new jobs for the local community and marks…