BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 1, 2022, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area -- September 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 September 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 9, 2022, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area - 2020-21": Households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area spent an average of $90,723 per year in 2020-21, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that this figure was  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins introduced a bipartisan bill to help more Maine families afford residential home heating technologies that can save them thousands a year. The BTU Tax Credit Expansion Act incentivizes the purchase of these innovative heating sources by increasing the maximum rebate for biomass stoves and boilers from $2,000 to $8,000. Once purchased, the stoves only co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins introduced a bipartisan bill to help more Maine families afford residential home heating technologies that can save them thousands a year. The BTU Tax Credit Expansion Act incentivizes the purchase of these innovative heating sources by increasing the maximum rebate for biomass stoves and boilers from $2,000 to $8,000. Once purchased, the stoves only c  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered remarks on recent legislative accomplishments for New Hampshire at the New England Council's Washington Update. Shaheen discussed recently passed legislation, such as the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the PACT Act, as well as future policy priorities to benefit New H  more