BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 27, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Massachusetts - First Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in 8 of the 9 largest counties in Massachusetts from March 2022 to March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: It took Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte over a week to acknowledge her endorsement from the New England White Network, a white supremacist hate group that has a lurid history of spreading hate, racism, and antisemitism. The leader of the group, Ryan J. Murdough, cited Ayotte's "anti-Massachusetts rhetoric" and keeping "invaders" out of New Hampshire as reasons he and his group are supporting   more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevation changes seem small - fractions of inches per year - they can enhance or diminish local flood risk linked to sea level rise. The new study was published Wednesday in Science Advances by a team of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As MAGA Republicans are marching us toward a government shutdown that threatens to impact communities nationwide, Americans across the country are reading about how they could see their lives interrupted - from their paychecks and nutrition assistance to Social Security and disaster relief. Here's what Americans across the country are reading about the potential consequences of an extreme Republican sh  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore has achieved a new cargo volume record at its state-owned public marine terminals, handling 11.6 million tons of general cargo during the 2023 fiscal year. The milestone surpasses the previous record of 11 million tons set during fiscal year 2019 - the year before the international maritime industry e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 28 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Jeremy Halpern, co-chair of Nutter's Emerging Companies Group and co-lead of the Food and Beverage Group, has been named to the board of directors of Naturally New England. In this role, Jeremy will help support the continued growth of the natural consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry in New England. Naturally New England is a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, executives, and passionate team players   more

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, Sept. 28 -- Plymouth State University issued the following news: The New England Board of Higher Education recently presented Plymouth State University Director of Learning and Libraries Robin DeRosa with the New England Higher Education Excellence Award at the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building in Concord, New Hampshire. The award was bestowed on DeRosa in 2020, but its presentation was delayed to May 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeRosa, who oversees PSU'  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The McKee Administration shares the news that Care New England Health System has begun construction of a 25-bed short stay unit at Butler Hospital. Renovations for the new unit are funded through the State Fiscal Recover Fund (SFRF) to recover from the pandemic as approved in the Governor's budget and by the General Assembly as well as federal funds provided by the Congressional Delega  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 28 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: UNCSA has added 12 new full-time faculty members for the 2023-24 school year, as well as 15 adjunct and visiting faculty, in the schools of Dance, Design & Production, Drama, Filmmaking and Music, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Patrick J. Sims has announced. "I can't tell you how excited we are to welcome this year's cohort of faculty who are game-changing   more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: The NOAH-AFNET 6 trial shows that giving a direct oral anticoagulant to patients with these device-detected arrhythmias has no benefits and increases risks. A trial involving Birmingham researchers showed that patients with atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) detected by implanted cardiac devices, but no diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF), have worse outcomes when given a direct oral anticoagulant (  more