WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense issued the following testimony by Xavier Beale, vice president for operations at Newport News Shipbuilding, for an Oct. 26, 2021, hearing entitled "Workforce Development and the Department of Defense": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts with you today about the very important topic of workforce development. I appreciate your interest in the workforce development challenges our industry faces and I am  more

DEVENS, Massachusetts, Nov. 2 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $4,140,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Lake George Realty LLC, an affiliate of Accumet Engineering, Inc., which will use bond proceeds to buy a 3.1-acre parcel at 41 Lake George St. in Devens on which it will build a 39,375-square-foot manufacturing facility. Accumet Engineering, an advanced processing manufacturer, will consolidate its existing operations in Hudson and Westford int  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of the $135 million infrastructure improvement project on a section of the New England Thruway (I-95) in Westchester County known as the "Last Mile." The project began in 2018. During the past several decades, 14 miles of I-95 in the Bronx, Pelham, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Harrison and Rye have   more