WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following white paper (No. 2021-025) on April 14, 2021, entitled "Labor Market Effects of the Oxycodone-Heroin Epidemic": * * * This white paper was co-authored by David Cho and Daniel I. Garcia, economists in the household and business spending section of the Research and Statistics Department, Joshua Montes, senior economist in the labor markets section of the Research and Statistics Department and Alison Weingarden. Here are excerpts:   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Vermont will receive $ 104,438,131 from FEMA to support the State with emergency protective measures to store, handle, transport, distribute, and administer the COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with their Vaccination Plan. These funds are being awarded to support the Vermont Agency of Human Services in order to address this immediate threat to life and public s  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, as part of a hybrid member's day hearing on policy priorities: * * * Thank you for inviting me to share my thoughts with you as the committee works to reauthorize surface transportation programs and pass President Biden's American Jobs Plan. My home state of Rhode Island ranks 49th in the nation for infrastructure conditions and has the highe  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 16 (TNSEve) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a trusted voice in Maine's coronavirus pandemic response, will receive an honorary degree and deliver the Commencement address at the University of New England's 186th Commencement exercises on May 15 and 16, 2021. Shah, who was appointed as director of the Maine CDC in June 2019, will delive  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: On March 21, 2021, 89 North Atlantic right whales were spotted by scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies in Cape Cod Bay. Just a few days later, on March 30, scientists spotted 57 North Atlantic right whales off Southeast New England in and around the wind energy development areas. They were seen by scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center flying a s  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 16 -- The city of Portland issued the following news on April 15, 2021: The City of Portland is excited to announce it has received state and federal approvals to build Maine's first Confined Aquatic Disposal (CAD) Cell in Portland Harbor to address long-term dredging needs. The City and its partners, the City of South Portland, the State of Maine, and the Portland Harbor Commission, have been working for years to find a solution for dredging the piers, wharfs and waterf  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 15 (TNSRes) -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons issued the following news release: After dramatically changing its scope of work and mobilizing resources in record time, the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) became a major contributor to life-changing COVID-19 research and has been recognized as the gold standard for performance across all of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored research networks. "The performance of the Network has been spect  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news on April 15, 2021: The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted today to approve UMass President Marty Meehan's proposal to freeze tuition for all in-state undergraduate and graduate students at UMass Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell in the 2021-2022 academic year. The vote marks the second consecutive year of tuition and mandatory fee freezes at UMass for in-stat  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Kayla Cerri (Biochemistry, '21) and faculty mentor Amy Deveau, Ph.D. professor of chemistry in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, recently attended the virtual American Chemical Society National Meeting, which took place from April 5 to 16. On April 10, Cerri presented a virtual poster titled "Extraction, Characterization and Analysis of Bioactives from Maine Ulva lactuca" in   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 16 (TNSAwa) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: As the coronavirus began spreading around the world last year, Malual Mabur, PA-C, saw a need to educate the Sudanese community about COVID-19 and to dispel some of the myths and misinformation that were circulating. Mabur is from South Sudan, where he trained as an infectious disease specialist before moving to Maine in 2009. He became a naturalized citizen in 2013 and earned his Master of   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 16 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Vermont Democratic Party is pleased to announce that Claire Cummings has been hired as the Party's next Executive Director. In this role, Cummings will oversee the Party's effort to fundraise, recruit and support Democratic candidates, and build a year-round grassroots organizing operation that keeps Vermont blue in 2022 and beyond. Cummings returns to the VDP after serving as 2020 Statewide Or  more