PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 12 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 11, 2022, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - April 2022": Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bo  more

BERLIN, New Hampshire, May 11 (TNSPar) -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: ApprenticeshipNH, the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH), Catholic Medical Center and Elliot Health System are excited to announce a new and innovative collaboration to transform the region's healthcare workforce. The organizations, along with Manchester Community College and Network4Health, are launching a broad registered apprenticeship program to cultiva  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on May 10, 2022, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. ER22-772-001) involving New York Independent System Operator Inc.: * * * I concur in today's approval[1] of New York Independent System Operator, Inc.'s (NYISO) proposals regarding resource accreditation and demand curve computation. I dissent from its approval of NYISO's proposed revisions to its buyer-  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Employers must also pay $50K in penalties for willful violations * * * Four Ocean State medical facilities in Providence and West Greenwich, and their owner and operator, will pay $175,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 103 employees to resolve violations of federal overtime requirements, after an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer will als  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 12 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued an $8,128,029 tax-exempt lease on behalf of New England Life Flight, Inc., which does business as Boston MedFlight, a nonprofit that provides critical care medical transport by air and ground. Boston MedFlight will use proceeds to buy and renovate a medically configured Cessna Citation CJ4 jet airplane to transport critically ill or injured patients. The organization partners with a co  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 12 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,624) involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. dba Liberty: 2022 Vegetation Management Program Plan Order Regarding 2022 VMP Plan In this order, the Commission accepts the preliminary Vegetation Management Program Plan (VMP Plan) and proposed budget for Calendar Year 2022 filed by Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (L  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: We are pleased to present the New England Berries, Tree Fruit, and Grapes Report for crops produced in 2021. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Northeast Regional Field Office collects, analyzes, and estimates fruit crop prices and yields at the request of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Funding was pro  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 11 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: A big component of the company's net zero vision is to replace 100 percent of National Grid's light-duty vehicles of passenger cars, SUVs, pick-up trucks and vans with full electric vehicles by fiscal year 2030. This means we'll see a fleet of approximately 1,000 electric vehicles in New York and 600 in New England in about eight years. But to ensure these new veh  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a vote to begin consideration of the Women's Health Protection Act, landmark legislation to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. Earlier today, Shaheen delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging her fellow Senators to vote in favor of codifying Roe. "Every Senate Republican just made  more