NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 6 (TNSres) -- The American College of Cardiology issued the following news release: Patients with complex coronary artery disease who underwent a stenting procedure guided by intravascular imaging were nearly 40% less likely to die of heart disease, have a heart attack caused by a new blockage in the treated artery or need a repeat stenting procedure in the treated artery, compared with similar patients who underwent a standard angiography-guided stenting procedure  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act regarding the city's water pollution control facility that discharges undertreated effluent into Massachusetts Bay. The settlement requires Gloucester to undertake a c  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King has introduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act to ban offshore oil and gas drilling in Maine waters. The bipartisan, bicameral bill would permanently prohibit the U.S. Department of Interior from issuing leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil and gas in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Plannin  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 7 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: A majority of the Legislature's Taxation Committee voted Thursday to move forward LD 287, An Act to Support Parents by Providing a Sales Tax Exemption for Diapers. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Kelly Noonan Murphy, D-Scarborough. The bill was amended to include diaper accessories such as covers and pins and clarifies that the exemption is limited to the purchase of children's diapers. "This bill will provi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: The announcement of a consent decree with the City of Gloucester, Mass. resolves violation of the federal and state Clean Water Acts regarding the City's water pollution control facility that discharges undertreated waste into Massachusetts Bay. The settlement requires the City of Gloucester (City) to undertake a construction project to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: A Miami woman pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in pandemic-related loans using the stolen identities of more than 10 individuals, and then using those funds for personal expenses, including chartering a private jet and rental of a luxury apartment. Danielle Miller, 32, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire   more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, March 3 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Bay Path University President Sandra J. Doran to announce a $1,000,000 earmark to launch a Student Success Center at Bay Path University. The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Direct Spending (CDS) from the Department of Education. Congressman Neal included funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill that was s  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * The U.S. Northwest Atlantic is home to five distinct populations of Atlantic cod. * * * Over nearly 5 years, an international group of researchers inventoried, summarized, and analyzed all relevant peer-reviewed information about Atlantic cod stock structure off New England. Their initial results were reported in 2021. The f  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), a member of the Senate Health Committee, spoke about the value of Community Health Centers and questioned health care leaders on ways to increase Americans' access to primary care. In Maine, Community Health Centers play a vital role in filling this need by providing services to nearly 210,000 patients, about 16 percent of the state's population. More than 60 percent of p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSper) -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: Nonprofit and outdoor industry professional Jodi Valenta joins Trust for Public Land (TPL) as the organization's new Massachusetts State Program Director. Jodi will work to advance park equity throughout the Bay state, including through TPL's partnerships with the City of Boston and Boston Housing Authority and federal agencies including the National Park Service and U.S. Fi  more