WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNScapv)(TNSgov) -- The American Telemedicine Association posted the following news release and Sept. 13, 2022, letter: The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action co-led letter signed by 375 stakeholders urging the Senate to act this fall to ensure certainty for telehealth services. The letter asks the Senate to pass a two-year extension of the flexibilities and waivers allowing temporary access to telehealth put in place under the current public health eme  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2022, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - August 2022": Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra H  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 14 -- The New England Council issued the following news release: On September 13, 2022, The New England Council's Financial Services Committee met with U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) in Boston, following a Capitol Hill Report breakfast event. Rep. Auchincloss is currently the Vice Chair of the House Financial Services Committee and also serves as a member of the Committee's Taskforce on Financial Technology. Financial Services Committee members represe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today delivered a forceful speech on the Senate Floor explaining the need for pragmatic, realistic, and rapid permitting reform to reach America's clean energy goals - calling on energy and environmental organizations to break free of entrenched stances. In his comprehensive address, where  more

TEXARKANA, Texas, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Brit Featherston, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: Four individuals, including two Red River Army Depot (RRAD) officials, have been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Jeffrey Harrison, 44, of Texarkana, a former RRAD vendor, pleaded guilty on May 18, 2021, to bribing Jimmy Scarbrough, a former RRAD official, and w  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Higher blood levels of collagen-derived molecule predict worse outcomes * * * Bloodstream levels of a protein fragment called endotrophin can be used to predict outcomes in patients with a common form of heart failure, according to a study co-led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findi  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: Governor Phil Scott, Agency of Commerce and Community Development Secretary Lindsay Kurrle and Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein today highlighted their recent trade mission to Montreal, Quebec, and discussed the partnerships Vermont has with our neighbors to the north. More details can be found in the transcripts of Governor Scott and his team's remarks, below. You  more