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Attorney General Bonta Announces Cooperation Agreements and Settlements with Generic Drug Manufacturers Heritage and Apotex for $49.1 Million
Today’s agreements and settlements will resolve allegations against these companies over conspiracies to inflate prices and limit competition OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 50 states and territories in...

Attorney General Kaul Announces Significant Updates in Multistate Litigation Against Generic Drug Manufacturers Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition
If you bought certain generic prescription drugs in the United States between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018, you could be eligible for compensation MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced two significant cooperation...

AG Reyes Announces Significant Updates in Litigation Against Generic Drug Manufacturers
October 31, 2024 SALT LAKE CITY—Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 50 states and territories announcing two significant cooperation agreements and settlements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1...

TN AG Announces New Settlement with Generic Drug Manufacturers to Protect Consumers from Illegal Pirce Inflation
NASHVILLE—Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced two significant cooperation agreements and settlements with Corporate Defendants Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex—contingent upon obtaining signatures from all necessary...

ARC Awards $33.5 Million to Accelerate Economic Growth Across 13 Appalachian States; Project Funding Supports Disaster Recovery, Cybersecurity Job Training and Industry Expansion
Washington, DC, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $33.5 million to 12 collaborative, multi-state projects that will drive large-scale economic transformation. Funded through ARC’s...

K. Hovnanian® Homes Recognized with Department of Energy Housing Innovation Award
PHOENIX, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- K. Hovnanian® Homes is proud to announce the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized their Phoenix Division as a 2024 Housing Innovation award winner for homebuilding excellence at their Edgewood...

Firepoint Energy developing Western Pennsylvania pilot site for lithium extraction, synthetic fuel production
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA, UNITED STATES, October 21, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Firepoint Energy Inc, a Wyoming C-Corp startup with a principal office in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, announces that the company has entered into a letter of intent to...

Rocky Bleier to speak at the 2024 Governor’s Energy Summit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Office of Energy is thrilled to announce that Rocky Bleier, former NFL star and acclaimed motivational speaker, will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 Governor’s Energy Summit, taking place on October 29-30,...

Rocky Bleier to speak at the 2024 Governor’s Energy Summit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Office of Energy is thrilled to announce that Rocky Bleier, former NFL star and acclaimed motivational speaker, will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 Governor’s Energy Summit, taking place on October 29-30,...

Tower Partners Engineers Sale of Maryland-based Baltimore Pile Driving & Marine Construction Inc.
Baltimore Pile Driving specializes in pile driving, marine construction, support excavation, and heavy equipment rentals. COLUMBIA, MD, UNITED STATES, October 2, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tower Partners, a lower-middle market investment bank...

Gov. Justice, National Guard deploy search and recovery team, engineers to Florida for Hurricane Milton response
CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice has activated approximately 40 members of the West Virginia National Guard to support response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Milton, which is projected to make landfall in Florida on October 9, 2024....

The changing geography of “energy poverty”
A growing portion of Americans who are struggling to pay for their household energy live in the South and Southwest, reflecting a climate-driven shift away from heating needs and toward air conditioning use, an MIT study finds. The newly published...

PUBLIC NOTICE Maryland Agencies to Treat Potomac River for Black Fly Control on June 27
June 26, 2025 ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 26, 2025) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture—in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources—will treat a targeted area of the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as part of a pilot...

DoHS Announces Supplemental Payment for Low Income Energy Assistance Program Recipients
The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) today announced a supplemental payment for Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) recipients. Individuals who received assistance through LIEAP during...

Department of the Interior Launches Effort to Unlock Critical Minerals from Mine Waste
WASHINGTON — At Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s direction, the Department of the Interior is taking decisive steps to recover critical minerals essential to America’s economic strength, national defense, and energy future from mine waste,...

Gov. Justice celebrates another year of record-breaking growth in the tourism industry
CHARLESTON, WV –– Gov. Jim Justice today announced West Virginia’s tourism performance for 2023, with the industry’s total economic impact approaching $9 billion last year. Visitor volume to the state reached 75 million visitors last year. These...

Kronos Advanced Technologies Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Leading Data-Marketing and Direct to Consumer marketing Company, Suarez Corporation Industries, for Total Potential Consideration of $25 Million
PArkersburg, West Virginia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parkersburg, WV - August 27, 2024 - Kronos Advanced Technologies Inc. (OTC: KNOS), a leader in advanced air purification and innovative technology solutions, today announced it has...

Zefiro Subsidiary P&G Secures Award for Well-Plugging Project Near Columbus, Ohio
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (OTCQB: ZEFIF) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Plants & Goodwin Inc. (“P&G”) has...

Biden-Harris Administration Invests in Domestic Biofuels and Clean Energy as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Costs at the Pump and Increase American Energy Security Across the Nation MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 16, 2024 – Today, on the second anniversary of President Biden’s Inflation...

WVDOH awards contract to build bridge and access road to Morgantown Industrial Park
Page Content A project to build a brand-new bridge and access road to Morgantown Industrial Park is among 29 construction projects awarded by the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Gov. Jim Justice committed...