NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 7, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 8, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.6 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 7, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 8, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.6 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported toda  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to develop California's Hydrogen Market Development Strategy, employing an all-of-government approach to building up California's clean, renewable hydrogen market. It will closely resemble the Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Strategy to help California collectively move forward and de  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Aug. 8, 2023: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Wedbush Securities Inc., a Los Angeles, California-based registered futures commission merchant, for failing to maintain, preserve, or produce records required to be kept under CFTC recordkeeping requirements, and failing to diligently supervise matters relat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands private nonprofit organizations of the Sept. 8, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by Typhoon Mawar that occurred May 22 - 29. Private nonprofits that provide essential  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Genentech, a biopharmaceutical manufacturer based in South San Francisco, for claims of hazardous waste violations at three locations at its South San Francisco facility. Genentech will pay $158,208 in civil penalties. In August 2021, EPA inspectors found that Genentech stored waste without a perm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Today, the Department of the Interior announced over $44 million from the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in America agenda to meet critical ecosystem resilience, restoration and environmental planning needs for the National Park Service in fiscal year 2023. These investments from the Inflation Reduction Act will be guided by the Department's Restoration and Resilience Framework   more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created a series of maps showing land-surface temperatures in the Phoenix area in July 2023, when the city experienced a record-breaking run of hot weather. The images reveal the cumulative effect - overnight and across the month - of relentless daytime heating. The data was captured during overnight hours (around 2 a.m.) on several days in J  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy's 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's (GD NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, August 8. A keel laying is the recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is the union of a ship's modular components and the authentication or etching of an honoree's initials int  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: A team of scientific experts will visit marinas from Massachusetts to Maine this week to observe, identify, and record marine organisms as part of a rapid assessment of introduced and potentially invasive species. Species introduced to an area through human activity have the capacity to become invasive when their spread harms the environment,  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that AMD, a California-based designer of high-performance semiconductors, has chosen to grow its next generation technology business in New York State. The company has established state-of-the-art research and design facilities in spaces at the Linden Oaks Office Park in Monroe County, and at the Westgate Business Park in the Village of Fishkill in   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: The National Gallery of Art's 2023 John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art and Community Celebration, "Poetry is a country," will bring celebrated poets from across the nation together to premiere original poetry inspired by works in our collection. These free, annual events will take place on Saturday, September 23, and will open with a keynote address by Ada Limon, the 24th US Poet Laureate, who was reappoi  more

CRESCENT CITY, California, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Redwood National and State Parks will implement a project to restore the iconic redwood forest this year with $8 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This project is part of a nationwide effort to restore natural habitats and address climate change impacts. In 2023, President Biden's Investing in America agenda, through the Bipartisan Inf  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Scientists investigated the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events * * * In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists investigate the effects of climate change on exacerbating compounding heat and drought situations. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported findings offer new insights into   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Aug. 8, 2023, on the establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument: * * * Since time immemorial, many Tribes of the Southwest have lived and prayed among the canyons and plateaus of a landscape unlike any other in the world. The region is described in numerous languages. Many of the Indigenous names for the area reflect the deep interconnection between the lan  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced today that SBA has approved more than $150 million in federal disaster loans for Guambusinesses and residents impacted by Typhoon Mawar that occurred May 22 - 29. According to Garfield, SBA has approved $12,515,800 for businesses and $138,383,700 for residents   more

OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi, Aug. 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Capt. Randy Slaff relieved Capt. Nathan Schneider as the commanding officer of Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Gulf Coast (SSGC) during a ceremony at the Ocean Springs Civic Center on Aug. 4. "To my SUPSHIP Gulf Coast family, you're an awesome command and it's been a complete honor and privilege to be your CO these past four years," Schneider said. "This command is extremel  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following remarks on Aug. 8, 2023, by Under Secretary Brian Nelson on the illicit finance: * * * Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson and Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Himamauli Das traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to join Representative Andy Barr (R-KY 6th District), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monet  more

SANTA ANA, California, Aug. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: A convicted felon who allegedly posed as an experienced Wall Street stock trader has been charged with running a securities scam that caused victim investors to lose approximately $3.1 million, the Justice Department announced today. Christopher Anthony Slaga, 50, a.k.a. "Keith Renko," was charged with eight counts of wire fraud in an indictment  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: A New York City man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that laundered money stolen from victims of romance scams and business email compromise scams, causing a total loss of nearly $1 million, the Justice Department announced today. Okechukwu Nwofor, 32, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on Monday by   more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following directive: The Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), and its crew arrived at the ship's new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 7. USS Carl M. Levin is the first naval ship named in honor of Michigan's longest serving senator, the late Carl M. Levin, for his years of service as a longtime member and chairman of the Senate Armed   more