WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, stressed the need for clear cybersecurity leadership and accountability within the energy sector as a key way to confront the ongoing threat of cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure. During his exchange with Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, in today's hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sena  more

PORTLAND, Maine, June 16 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: The Amtrak Downeaster will make station stops at the Falmouth Country Club golf course June 24-27, providing access for attendees of the The Live + Work in Maine Open Golf Tournament, part of the Korn Ferry Tour. The train stop is located near Hole 16 on the lower end of the course, just a 10-minute walk from the tournament entrance. The Live + Work in Maine Open is providing free  more

PORTLAND, Maine, June 16 -- Environment Maine issued the following statement: * * * Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recommended that President Biden reinstate full protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England, according to reports. During a trip to Bangor, ME last year, former President Donald Trump announced his plan to strip protections from the monument. Located Southeast of Cape Cod, where the continental shelf drops off into the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a community round-table with organizers representing Malden, Mass. to highlight the city's experience with lead in drinking water. This round-table discussion, along with nine others being held with communities across the country, is essential to informing EPA's review of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions to ensure  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: As he continues to move at an historic pace with respect to judicial nominees, the President is announcing five new candidates for the federal bench and two new candidates for District of Columbia courts, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President's promise to ensure that the nation's co  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSRes) -- The National Association of Realtors issued the following news release: The sale of and demand for vacation homes soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the National Association of Realtors(R). The 2021 Vacation Home Counties Report finds that buyers flooded the real estate market in the second half of 2020 and through April 2021, causing vacation home purchases to rise expeditiously. In 2020, the share of vacation home sales to total  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the owner-operator of four Rhode Island medical facilities for failing to protect workers from exposure to the coronavirus and implement proper safety measures after six employees tested positive for the virus in the fall of 2020. OSHA investigators found the owner of North Providence Urgent Care Inc., North   more