PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 28, 2023, entitled "New Jersey Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2023": New Jersey had 280,000 job openings in January 2023, compared to 266,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job openings   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 7 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division Daniel J. Kafafian and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another perso  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Mess Attendant 2nd Class Archie Callahan, Jr., 19, of Newark, New Jersey, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 27, 2017. On Dec. 7, 1941, Callahan was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by  more

NEW YORK, April 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: * * * Made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $142,676,000 to New Jersey essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades across the nation through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Thanks to a $6 bi  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, arrested a Salvadoran national on April 4 for assisting or otherwise participating in extrajudicial killings and for willfully misrepresenting this material fact in his immigration appli  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: A Morris County public relations firm entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by taking a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Congress created the PPP in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another person, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Wyzier Peterson, 25, of Paterson, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to an informatio  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Seven people have been charged for their participation in a telemarketing scheme to defraud timeshare owners over the age of 55, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. William O'Hanlon, 58, and his wife Karen Stefanowski, 60, of Miami, Florida, James Toner, 41, of Lake Mary, Florida, and William Chiusano Jr., 48, of Laguna Niguel,  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 22-RC-311933) by Region 22 Director Suzanne Sullivan: * * * SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Employer and NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISORS, LOCAL 352, Petitioner DECISION AND ORDER DISMISSING REPRESENTATION PETITION Shimmick Construction Company (the Employer) is a California corporation was a place of business at 20 Caven Point Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, and is engaged in   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based Chatham Asset Management LLC and its founder, Anthony Melchiorre, in connection with improper trading of certain fixed income securities. Chatham and Melchiorre agreed to pay more than $19.3 million in combined disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties to settle the charges. The SEC's order finds th  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: A New Jersey man, a regional leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced today on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Shawn Price, 28,   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: An Essex County man today admitted stealing credit cards and checks from the mail while employed as a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Parrish Brookins, 30, of East Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count of m  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda: Delivering for New Jersey Companies have committed to invest over $2.5 billion in New Jersey since President Biden took office For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while other countries surpassed us in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Thanks to President Biden's Inve  more