CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following release of the Twin States Clean Energy Link proposal by National Grid - a 211-mile renewable energy transmission project to deliver 1,200 MW of clean Canadian hydropower to New England - Governor Chris Sununu issued the following statement: "New Hampshire is always looking to put solutions on the table that lower energy rates for consumers, and the Twin States Clean Energ  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-0869) on May 3, 2023, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - March 2023": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in March than a year earlier in 208 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 151 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 125 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 11 ar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) today announced that the agency will begin construction this spring at Natural Bridge State Park in North Adams as part of a redesign plan that will span several years. The project is expected to begin this month and will take place over three phases with the initial work focusing on the r  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 4 (TNSjou) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: A new method that shortens the germination time of an endangered New England wildflower is described in a paper to be published in the Native Plants Journal by Eastern Connecticut State University student Dylan Tillman '23 and biology Professor Bryan A. Connolly. The rare northern blazing star wildflower, Liatris novae-angliae, native to Connecticut, Massachusetts and other New England a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 3 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight advised Imperial Dade, a leading distributor of food service packaging supplies and janitorial supplies, in its acquisition of Green Streets USA Inc. The acquisition was announced May 1, 2023. New Hampshire-based Green Streets USA is a leading distributor of food service, industrial and packaging supplies throughout New England and the Boston metro area. The transaction represents t  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials issued the following testimony by Trevor Higgins, senior vice president for energy and environment at the Center for American Progress, involving a hearing on April 26, 2023, entitled "Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration's Rush to Green Policies": * * * I appreciate the opportunity to appear today to provide testimony  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health issued the following testimony by Loren Adler, a fellow and associate director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, involving a hearing on April 26, 2023, entitled "Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to Increase Transparency and Competition in Health Care": * * * My name is Loren Adler and I am a Fellow and Associate Director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Pol  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Zeus Lines Management S.A. (Zeus), a vessel operating company, pleaded guilty on Monday in Providence, Rhode Island, to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oily bilge and for failing to report a hazardous condition on board the oil tanker Galissas. The company's chief engineer, Roberto Cayabyab Penaflor, and Captain Jose Ervin Mahigne Porquez also pleaded guilt  more

BUFFALO, New York, May 3 -- M&T Bank, a financial holding company, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: The M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), today announced Amplify Fund grant recipients in New England and Metro New York, totaling over $11.8M to 105 non-profit organizations across the former People's United footprint, with some payments committed over a two- or three-year period. Funding was focused on equity and environmental initiatives, m  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on May 3, 2023: On Tuesday, the Maine Senate voted in support of a bill from Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, to support the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Maine's Commission is charged with improving opportunities and equity for Maine women and girls. The vote in support of LD 794, "An Act to Expand the Membership of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women" was 21-13. "Over a decade ago, the 12  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: A Haverhill man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges. Sergio Garcia, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 46 months in prison and two years of supervised release. In March 2022, Garcia pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: In an 11-year study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have further characterized idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancers. Researchers observed that people with the most severe cases of ICL had the highest   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: The Greek company that owned and operated the Galissas: a tanker carrying diesel oil from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Providence, RI, in February 2022, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to federal environmental crimes carried out by its captain and chief engineer. In addition, the vessel's captain pled guilty to failing to  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources issued the following written testimony by Joseluis M. Ortiz y Muniz, a member of the National Young Farmers Coalition, involving a hearing on April 20, 2023, entitled "Conservation in the Farm Bill: Making Conservation Programs Work for Farmers and Ranchers": * * * My name is Joseluis M. Ortiz y Muniz and I am an Indigenous, land-based, native New Mexican  more