WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: In April, 377 metropolitan areas had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment and 12 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage losses in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (-32.9 percent), Norwich-New London-Westerly, Connecticut-Rhode Island (-27.4 percent), and Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (-25.0 p  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Divisio  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, June 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announces the agreement to accept and expend funds from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT DOT), to expedite processing of their Department of the Army (DA) permit applications in Connecticut subject to certain limitations. Accelerated review and authorization is critical to CT DOT's ability to advertise   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has reached an Early Case Resolution (ECR) with the State of Connecticut after the state issued an executive order regarding non-visitation policies for short-term hospitals, outpatient clinics, and outpatient surgical facilities to ensure that people with disabilities are not denie  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos hosted the second in a series of forums with K-12 education leaders this week to discuss best practices for remote learning, including lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 2,000 education leaders from across the country listened in as educators from Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina discussed how they establ  more