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News Tipoffs - New Hampshire Editors Newsletter for Saturday April 27, 2024 ( 9 items )  

802 VT Frozen Recalls Frozen Meat Pizza Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: 802 VT Frozen, a Newport, Vt. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,221 pounds of frozen meat pizza due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains soy, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label. The frozen meat pizza item was   more

AmeriCorps Releases Report on Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project
WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * This two-folded approach project conducted both a bundled evaluation and provided a one-year evaluation to participants. * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, released the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund Bundle Evaluation and Capacity Building Project final report, which assessed how State Service Commissions from Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New  more

CDFA Launches Partner Experience Survey Project
CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 27 (TNSres) -- The New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority issued the following agency statement on April 26, 2024: * * * CDFA is launching a significant project aimed at enhancing our understanding and improving the support we offer to New Hampshire's communities. In our mission to maximize the impact of community and economic development, as well as clean energy initiatives across New Hampshire, we understand the vital importance of listening, lear  more

Census Bureau: Largest Year-to-Year Increase in Over 20 Years for Public School Spending Per Pupil
WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Nationally, public school spending per student rose 8.9% from $14,358 in FY 2021 to $15,633 in FY 2022, according to new data from the 2022 Annual Survey of School System Finances released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This represents the largest percentage increase in public school spending per pupil in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in over 20 years. Statistics are not a  more

EEOC Sues New York Beer Project for Discriminating Against Employees Because of Their Medical Conditions
ROCHESTER, New York, April 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charges Restaurant Refused to Schedule and Ultimately Fired Two Employees Who Were Fully Able to Work * * * New York Beer Project, LLC, which operates a restaurant, brewery, and beer hall in Victor, New York, violated federal law by firing one bartender who had cancer and another who had a nocturnal seizure even though both had been cleared to  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Small Business Administration Disaster Funds
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to conspiring to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds. Hector Garcia, 52, of Ocala, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire   more

Mich. A.G. Nessel Urges UnitedHealth Group to Help Patients and Providers Harmed by Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
LANSING, Michigan, April 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catast  more

N.H. Gov. Sununu Ceremonially Swears-In Supreme Court Justice Melissa Beth Countway
CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 27 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on April 26, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Chris Sununu ceremonially swore in Justice Melissa Beth Countway to the New Hampshire Supreme Court and issued the following statement: "Fair, well-rounded, experienced!" said Governor Chris Sununu. "30 years ago she became a middle school math teacher. Today, I had the honor of swearing in Melissa Countway as New Hampshire's newest Supreme C  more

N.H. Gov. Sununu: Andrew Flockton Selected as 2024 'Governor for A Day' Winner
CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 27 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, Governor Chris Sununu announced that Andrew Flockton, of Milford, New Hampshire has been selected as the 2024 'Governor for a Day' competition winner. Andrew will act as Governor for a Day on Wednesday, May 1st, and join the Governor for the entire day at the State House and on the road. Andrew is in the 7th grade at Milford Middle School where he is a me  more