WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: --CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson, sponsor of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC), announced today the MRAC will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at the CFTC's D.C. headquarters. "At each meeting over the last two years, the MRAC has advanced a series of recommendations and reports on several of the most critical issues facing ou  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issued the following news release: April is Autism Acceptance Month, and for the second year in a row, Metro has partnered with the Autism Transit Project to highlight the special bond children with autism often have with mass transit systems. In acknowledgment of that connection, Metro invited 25 children with autism to record boarding and safety announcements that will be played throughout the Metrorail system the entir  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 4 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in two cases involving allegations that the Crowne Plaza Edison hotel violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by failing to provide accessible public restrooms when it hosted a conference for people with   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS) have announced the launch of a high visibility enforcement effort to reduce distracted driving. The campaign, known as "U Drive. U Text. U Pay.," runs between April 1 and April 30, and provides funding for law enforcement agencies throughout the state to bolster enforcement of laws prohibiting texti  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 4 (TNSres) -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today posted online the state's School Performance Reports for the 2022-2023 school year, providing extensive state-level education information as well as data by school district and individual school. The 2022-2023 School Performance Reports include all data categories that were reported prior to the COVID-19 pandemi  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Bergen County, New Jersey, tax preparer with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Phillip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jerse  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: An Essex County man was convicted today for ordering and committing three murders and for his role in a large-scale narcotics enterprise, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Michael Healy, 43, of Montclair, New Jersey, was convicted by a federal jury of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiring to murder a feder  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announces, along with 13 other state Attorneys General, a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for more detail on payroll forms submitted by contractors regarding workers on public projects. The existing forms do not require comprehensive information to be provided regarding pay, deductions, and benefits -- which makes it easier for  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Economic Council convened East Coast ports to discuss capacity concerns and other issues caused by the suspension of vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore. Port participants shared that diverted containers and roll-on/roll-off cargo from Baltimore is being spread across East Coast ports to match existing capacity, and coll  more