PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 12 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 12, 2022, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - March 2022": The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast rose 1.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The 1.3 percent advance is the highest increase on record since monthly publication o  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has taken legal action to protect access to reproductive health care and restore federal funding for family planning services. The coalition of 23 attorneys general from across the nation, led by New York and California, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, supporting the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to revers  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 13 (TNSJou) -- Emory University issued the following news release: Treating people with medication for severe chronic hypertension (high blood pressure) during pregnancy is standard practice; however, there has been debate on best methods for treating non-severe or mild forms of chronic hypertension during pregnancy. Now a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 2, 2022, provides evidence that treating mild chronic hypertension with medication  more

ALBANY, New York, April 13 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced approximately $130,000 in funding is now available to help communities in the Hudson River Estuary watershed improve water quality, increase flood resiliency, and conserve natural resources. The grants will help municipalities document constrictions th  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced a resolution to honor the life and legacy of Venture Smith, a former enslaved person who purchased his family's freedom and became a successful landowner, businessperson, and author in Connecticut. Born free in 1729 in West Africa, Smith was seized from his home at only ten years old and enslaved in New   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to prioritize diversifying the United States' fuel supply by using tools like the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which would improve the nation's energy security and ease the burden of rising energy prices facing Granite Staters, Mainers an  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 11, 2022: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) Friday, April 8, 2022. During security screening on Friday around 4:20 p.m., in Terminal E, TSA officers detected a firearm and two magazines in the man's carry-on bag. TSA office  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 11, 2022: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) Monday, April 11, 2022. During security screening in Terminal A on Monday around 5 p.m., TSA officers detected a firearm and two magazines in the man's carry-on bag. TS  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: On April 6, AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced grant awards for Public Health AmeriCorps, a partnership to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders. The announced grants, totaling more than $60 million, will allow Public  more