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News Tipoffs - New Jersey Editors Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 8 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - March 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.468 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gaso  more

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - March 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past month, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.7 percent in March, the  more

BLS - Northeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2024'
NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the past month; up 3.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau  more

GOVERNOR MURPHY, N.J. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSIONER LATOURETTE STATEMENTS ON U.S. EPA'S LANDMARK ADOPTION OF FEDERAL PFAS STANDARDS
TRENTON, New Jersey, April 11 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following statements on April 9, 2024: * * * Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette issued the following statements today on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's landmark adoption of federal PFAS standards: "We applaud the Biden-Harris Administration for establishing national drinking water standards that will protect the   more

GSA Announces $23.8 Million for Projects to Improve Federal Facilities and Benefit Local Communities as Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 11 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced $23.8 million for 13 projects at federal buildings across 10 states through GSA's Good Neighbor Program, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)-the largest climate investment in history-the projects will promote improvements to federal facilities  more

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lupin Inc., also reached an administrative resolution with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest and Extradition of David Campbell, Principal Drug and Weapons Supplier for MS-13 in Honduras
NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; John J. Durham, the Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homelan  more

NSWCPD and Liberty Tech Bridge Facilitates Shipboard Robotics Technical Exchange Meeting with Industry and Academia
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: 04.10.2024 - Engineers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) gathered with defense partners, high tech industry, and academia at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Marriott to participate in the inaugural Shipboard Robotics Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) on March 5, 2024. The event, hosted by the Liberty Tech Bridge, powered by NavalX, provided an opportunity to unite  more