HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 21 (TNSPol) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: More than 40 Connecticut employer organizations have warned lawmakers that a package of proposed workplace mandates undermines the state's economic recovery and job creation prospects. In a letter sent April 19 to all members of the General Assembly, the organizations cited a dozen bills approved this session by the legislature's Labor and Public Employees Committee.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 19, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of six organizations nationwide to receive a total of $11 million in grants to provide training and technical assistance to communities across the country under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program. The University of Connecticut will be receiving $1,000,000, over the course of five   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 21 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,472) involving Electric Renewable Portfolio Standard: Adjustments to Renewable Portfolio Standard Class Requirements Order Setting 2020 Class III Obligations In this order, the Commission decreases the New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard Class III requirement for compliance year 2020 from 8 percent to 2 percent, pursuant to RSA 362-F:4, VI. I. PROCEDURAL HISTOR  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense issued the following testimony by Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, surgeon general of the U.S. Navy, at a hearing on the Defense Health Program on April 20, 2021: * * * It is my privilege to update you on Navy Medicine. The last year has been like no other in our lifetimes as we confronted a deadly adversary, the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. The battle continues today. Throughout this global pandem  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on April 20, 2021: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would incentivize the use of energy efficient biomass heaters in homes and businesses instead of relying on fossil fuel energy. At the end of 2020, after years of advocacy from the Maine delegation, a 26 percent tax credit for highly efficient residential wood heating systems ava  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on April 20, 2021: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would incentivize the use of energy efficient biomass heaters in homes and businesses instead of relying on fossil fuel energy. At the end of 2020, after years of advocacy from the Maine delegation, a 26 percent tax credit for highly efficient residential wood heating systems avai  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following (decision type) (Docket No. AB 1311) entitled "Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company - Adverse Discontinuance of Trackage Rights - Housatonic Railroad Company": Digest:/1 This decision grants exemptions from certain statutory provisions and waives certain regulatory requirements that normally apply when filing an application for discontinuance authority but are either unnecessary he  more