BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 12, 2021, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area -- December 2020": Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the 12-month period ending December 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 11, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - January 2021": Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending in January 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that PAVEL TEPLY, 45, of Stamford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to a federal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. EPA has issued five draft NPDES permits under the Clean Water Act for bulk petroleum storage facilities located along Chelsea River (also known as Chelsea Creek) for a 60-day public comment period. The draft permits, when finalized, will limit runoff and wastewater that can legally be discharged to Chelsea River, as well as specifying operational measures designed to control pollution f  more

NASHUA, New Hampshire, Feb. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with a local developer, Blaylock Holdings, LLC, ("Blaylock") that will ensure the successful remediation and beneficial reuse of the Granite State Leathers Superfund Site in Nashua, N.H., also known as Mohawk Tannery. EPA encourages public input on the agreement during the public comment period, which will begin on Febru  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 13 -- The The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on behalf of Maine State Rep. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth and Rep. David McCrea, D-Fort: Rep. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth, and Rep. David McCrea, D-Fort Fairfield, have been appointed to serve on the New England and Eastern Canada Legislative Commission, along with Sen. Mark Lawrence, D-Eliot, and Sen. Marianne Moore, R-Washington. The commission was established in 1986 to facilitate a relationship and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 13 (TNSPer) -- The National Association for Healthcare Quality issued the following news: The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) announces its new board members: Marian Savage, MSN RN NEA-BC CPHQ PMP, Virginia Hospital Center, as its 2021 president; Emmett Ervin, MPA CPHQ, University of Maryland Medical Systems, as president-elect; and Esther Emard, RN MSN MSLIR CPHQ, George Washington University, as director-at-large. "Marian, Emmett and Esther and the   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (TNSPer) -- The New School issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: The New School announced today that international violin soloist, recording artist, and educator Stefan Jackiw has joined the faculty of Mannes School of Music at the College of Performing Arts. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Jackiw is one of America's foremost violinists. With an unusually broad repertoire and a passion as an educator and arts advocate that equals his passion for p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate the impacts of homelessness, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, joined a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Emergency Family Stabilization Act (EFSA). The bill would create a new grant program to provide flexible funding for community-based organizations working to mee  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she'll serve as Chair of the pivotal Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. Shaheen has been Vice Chair of the subcommittee for 4 years, and through her leadership, has helped secure critical priorities for New Hampshire, in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced the Senate introduction of the bipartisan Medicaid Reentry Act, legislation expanding access to addiction treatment and other health services for Medicaid-eligible individuals 30 days before their release from jail or prison. Federal statute currently prohibi  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University College London issued the following news: One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (20%) of their total body weight, according to a major global study involving UCL researchers. The findings from the large-scale international trial, published in the New England Journal for Medicine, are being hailed as a "game changer" for improving the health of people with obesity and could play a major par  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Washington's School of Public Health - Department of Biostatistics issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated racial disparities in healthcare and health outcomes. For example, hospitalization and mortality rates for Black Americans are two, even three, times higher than those for White Americans. These health disparities have rekindled a longstanding debate about the use of race in clinical practice and biomedical  more