PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 18, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.8 percent in Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general backing the Biden administration's challenge to Idaho's near-total ban on abortion. In an amicus brief filed in United States of America v. Idaho, the multistate coalition supported the U.S. government's argument that the ban conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law tha  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: * * * Federal Agency Charges That Store Managers Refused to Accommodate Employee's Hearing, Speech and Cognitive Disabilities and Fired Her * * * A Walmart Supercenter in Farmingdale, New York violated federal law by failing to continue the longstanding accommodations of an employee with a disability after a change in store management and fired her for resulting infractions,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, filed a legal brief advocating in support of the federal government's challenge to Idaho's near-total ban on abortion access. "Since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, we have seen increased attempts to criminalize abortion care even in situations when the patient's health or life is at stake,  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general backing the Biden administration's challenge to Idaho's near-total ban on abortion. In an amicus brief filed in United States of America v. Idaho, the multistate coalition supported the U.S. government's argument that the ban conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law tha  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: The Attorney General's Office today released footage from four police officers' body-worn cameras of a fatal police-involved shooting on May 3, 2023, in Newark, New Jersey. The civilian who died during the encounter was previously identified as Everett Rand, 29, of Newark. The fatal shooting is under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountabil  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is announcing the start of a 30-day public comment period for the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) for New Jersey. The SCORP, updated through the department's Outside, Together! initiative, aims to enhance and provide equitable outdoor recreation and conservation opportunities throughout the state a  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: As part of the Murphy Administration's efforts to protect access to reproductive health care, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance today announced the adoption of rules to require comprehensive abortion coverage as a part of all health benefits plans regulated by the department. This requirement, which was in place as of January 1, 2023 in the individual a  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 19 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order granting waivers (Case No. 22-T-0670) on Sept. 18, 2023: * * * Petition of Queensboro Development, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 18.5 miles of Transmission Lines from the Boundary of New York State Waters to a Point of Interconnection in Queens, and Associated Equipment. ORDER GRANTING WAIVERS BY THE COMMISSION: IN  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced that ROBERT WISNICKI pled guilty today to participating in a $18.8 million Ponzi scheme designed to lure investors to purchase rea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Sept. 18, 2023, the nominations of two individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, vice Ann L. Aiken, retiring. * Jamel Semper, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice John Michael Vazquez, resigned. * * * Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/pres  more