BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on the consumer price index in Boston-Cambridge-Newton for May 2020: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area decreased 1.0 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that this was mainly attributable to lower energy pri  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: Maine received $2.59 million dollars through the 48th auction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances traded Wednesday, June 3. The results of the auction were announced by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap and trade program that reduces CO2 emissions from power plants generating more than 25 megawatts. Ten New England and Mid-Atlantic states participate in the program. Pa  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that Chase Adams of Brookline - a student at Hollis Brookline High School - is this year's winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for his photograph titled, 'Self Returning to Nature.' Young artists from schools across New Hampshire's Second Congressional District submitted original artwork to be considered for this year's competition. Chase's winning artwork  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced an amendment to the Great American Outdoors Act that would prohibit the use of funds to implement the President's proclamation eliminating protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. On June 5, 2020, President Donald Trump announced that he would open the region's only marine national monument to commercial fishi  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in urging Senate leaders to include an additional $20 million in funding for the Regional Public Health Training Centers program in upcoming COVID-19 response legislation. There are 10 Public Health Training Centers across the country, including the New England Public Health Training Center that supports the New Hampshire Public H  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the committee passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year. The FY21 NDAA will next be considered by the full Senate. Some of the New Hampshire and nationa  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 12 -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: On June 10, the New England Journal of Medicine published "Stolen Breaths," a commentary on the state of Black American health from Rachel Hardeman, University of Minnesota School of Public Health associate professor; Eduardo Medina, Park Nicollet primary care physician and University of Minnesota Medical School adjunct assistant professor; and pediatrician Rhea Boyd. The commentary lays bare the   more