BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 10 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 9, 2022, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - March 2022": Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.6 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 10 (TNSPol) -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills signed LD 1539, An Act to Provide Access to Fertility Care, on May 2, 2022, and today will hold a ceremonial signing for the law in Augusta. The law requires private health insurance policies in Maine to provide coverage for medical interventions including fertility diagnostic care, fertility treatment, and medically necessary fertility preservation. Resolve New  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health issued the following testimony by Reshma Ramachandran, a physician and researcher in the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale School of Medicine, involving a hybrid hearing on March 17, 2022, entitled "The Future of Medicine: Legislation to Encourage Innovation and Improve Oversight": * * * My name is Reshma Ramachandran. I am a physician and researcher in the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale School of  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: Utilized production in Maine for 2021 totaled 105 million pounds, up significantly from 2020, according to Pam Hird, state statistician of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office. Area harvested was estimated at 21,000 acres, up 1% from the previous year. The average yield was 5,000 po  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: Cranberry: Utilized U.S. production in 2021 totaled 6.98 million barrels, down 10% from 2020. Area harvested was estimated at 38,100 acres, down 3% from the previous year. The average yield was 185.7 barrels per acre, down 13.5 barrels from the previous year. Of the total utilized production, 195,270 barrels were for the   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 10 (TNSPol) -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen has signed onto a bipartisan wildlife conservation bill, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, that will dedicate $1.4 billion annually to locally-led efforts to help at-risk wildlife species nationwide. "This is the most important piece of wildlife legislation we've seen in fifty years," said Doug Bechtel, president of New Hampshire Audubon. "The nation's wild  more

MALDEN, Massachusetts, May 10 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Last week, Assistant Speaker of the House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) toured several Asian-owned small businesses in downtown Malden to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month 2022 and Small Business Week. Her tour began with a kickoff at South Cove Community Health Center and continued to Ming's Restaurant, Maria's Hair Salon, and Wah Lum Kung Fu   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reacted to a reported draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and its fifty years of precedent protecting access to abortion. "I hope these reports are nightmarish imaginings. If true, this decision would be a horrific moment inflicting a huge leap backward with incalculable costs & chaos for countless women & their families." "Thanks to CT's legis  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today held a press conference with Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) in Concord to discuss what's at stake for women's reproductive health in New Hampshire if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.   more