WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- U.S. departments of Energy, and Housing and Urban Development secretaries Wednesday agreed to work jointly to streamline the federal weatherization program.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The $15 billion in federal Medicare funds has been distributed to states to offset their Medicaid expenses, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will oversee the administration's implementation of its $787 billion economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said Monday.
MILWAUKEE, June 23 (UPI) -- Milwaukee lost its bid to collect millions of dollars from a manufacturer of lead paint pigment when a jury found Friday that NL Industries was not negligent.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The Land of Nod of Northbrook, Ill., is recalling about 2,000 pieces of furniture because of concerns over lead in the paint.
CINCINNATI, July 17 (UPI) -- University of Cincinnati researchers have found that many countries including India, China and Malaysia still produce and sell consumer paints with lead.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A new trial is set to begin in Rhode Island's landmark case against the paint industry.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- A bill was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate providing tax credits for owners of homes built before 1978 who pay for testing and removal of lead paint.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A Rhode Island jury began deliberating Thursday whether paint companies created a public nuisance by making and marketing lead-based paints generations ago. The state blames lead paint for poisoning nearly 35,000 children in the state since 1993.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The question facing a Rhode Island jury is whether paint companies created a public nuisance by making and marketing lead-based paints generations ago that still poison 3,000 children each year in the state. The jury was to begin deliberations Thursday fo
