JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force Chaplain Corps recently announced its 2020 award winners. Awards have been given to both active duty and reserve personnel. One of the awards has been won by an Airman from the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Master Sgt. Donald A. Ramos, superintendent of religious affairs with the 514th AMW, received  more

NEW YORK, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 13, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2021": Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.4 percent in March, following a 0.3-percent increase in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. C  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: In December 2020, West Virginia had the highest job openings rate at 5.8 percent. Other states with a job openings rate greater than 5.0 percent in December 2020 were Georgia, Arizona, New Jersey, Oregon, and South Carolina. The job openings rates are a moving average of the rate for the reference month and the prior 2 months. Sea chart here: https://www.bls.gov/  more

WEST TRENTON, New Jersey, April 14 -- The Delaware River Basin Commission issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) announced the start of a Basin-wide study to explore the feasibility of additional freshwater storage to meet future water availability, climate adaptation, drought management and flow management needs. Mott MacDonald was selected through a competitive process to perform the required planning and engineering services to support  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:21-cv-3179; S.D.N.Y. filed April 13, 2021): The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced partially settled charges against Martin Silver of Long Branch, New Jersey, in connection with a fraudulent scheme to overvalue assets held in a hedge fund offered by his investment advisory firm, International Investment Group (IIG). The SEC previously charged IIG with fraud on November 2  more

SALINA, Kansas, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Kansas office issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands, and prime farmlands (an area the size of New Jersey). In Kansas, NRCS enrolled 162,520 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The Nation'  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 13 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst team members received recognition during the 2020 Naval Innovative Science & Engineering (NISE) Outstanding Project of the Year Awards April 7, for the successful technological advancement of the Integrated Launch and Recovery Television  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a harsh light on the urgent need for quick and easy techniques to sanitize and disinfect everyday high-touch objects such as doorknobs, pens, pencils, and personal protective gear worn to keep infections from spreading. Now scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the New Jersey I  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2021, entitled "American Jobs Plan: Need for Action in New Jersey": * * * For decades, infrastructure in New Jersey has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: New Jersey's infrastructure received a D+ grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation's infrastructure. * ROADS AND BRIDGES: In New Jersey there are  more