PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 10, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - May 2021": The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast increased 0.6 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the recent increase was largely due to ri  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSOps) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Officials in three New England states and Washington, D.C., unveiled today a package of policies to guide the implementation of the Transportation & Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P), a bold region  more

NEW YORK, June 10 -- Mount Sinai Hospital issued the following news release: Mount Sinai Health System has recruited an internationally recognized expert in the management of breast cancer and HIV-associated malignancies, Joseph A. Sparano, MD, FACP, as Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Deputy Director of The Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI). Dr. Sparano will also hold the Ezra M. Greenspan, MD Professorship in Clinical Cancer Therapeutics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The 2021 Vermont maple syrup production totaled 1.54 million gallons, down 21% from the previous year, according to Pam Hird, New England State Statistician of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office. Vermont remains the top producing state in the Nation. Vermont maple syrup producers  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: With the release of the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works program on May 28, 2021, the New England District received vital funding for continued operations and maintenance of projects and programs for the next fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2021. The budget provides $6.793 billion in discretionary fundin  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) led a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the safe re-opening of the U.S.-Canadian border. Rep. Kuster was joined on the letter by Reps. Peter Welch (VT-AL), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Jared Golden (ME-02). Canadian tourists are vital contributors to the New England economy, spending an average of  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) joined a group of members of Congress from New England border states urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to safely reopen the U.S.-Canadian border. "Since the land border between the United States and Canada was closed on March 21, 2020, families have been divided, tourists unable to explore both nations, and business has b  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) joined a group of members of Congress from New England border states urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to safely reopen the U.S.-Canadian border. "Since the land border between the United States and Canada was closed on March 21, 2020, families have been divided, tourists unable to explore both nations  more