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U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Sues Summit Hospitality Group for Disability Discrimination

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd., doing business as Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s disability and discharged him from employment when he was not able to return to work at 100% capacity, according to a lawsuit announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Sues Mercy Health for Religious and Race Discrimination

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC and Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc. (Mercy) in Youngstown violated federal law by subjecting a Jewish orthopedic surgeon to unfavorable terms and conditions of employment and firing him because of his religion and race, shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel, the U.S. Equal…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

FEMA: Billions in Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Subgrants Remain Unawarded

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What GAO Found As of March 2025, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded 1,245 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) subgrants to communities over its first four grant cycles in fiscal years 2020 through 2023. These subgrants were for mitigation activities to address hazards, such as floods. FEMA allocated…