WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: House prices were flat nationwide in October, experiencing a 0.0 percent change from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI(R)). House prices rose 9.8 percent from October 2021 to October 2022. The previously reported 0.1 percent price increase in September 2022 remained unchanged. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly hou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today celebrated the final Congressional approval of 140 Maine projects that will be receiving $250,083,018 from his Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) requests included in the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Package. The funding will be used by a broad range of state, local, and nonprofit organizations to strengthen Maine communities. "From food   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 28 -- NEJM Evidence, a peer-reviewed journal from New England Journal of Medicine Group that says it presents clinical trial design and decision-making, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2023 edition: Original Articles: * IL-15 Superagonist NAI in BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer * A Bayesian Interpretation of a Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Trial (THAPCA-OH) * Colistin Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy for Car  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The Communications Workers of America issued the following news release: A supermajority of workers at Activision Blizzard's Proletariat studio have announced that they are forming the Proletariat Workers Alliance/CWA and have filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to filing for an election, the workers asked that management voluntarily recognize their union and respect their right to organize without retaliation or interf  more