PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 28 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak is expanding its celebrated year-round, public art program to William H. Gray 30th Street Station with work by local visual artist, Adam Crawford, entitled Euphonic & Chromatic Drift. This large-scale vinyl mural will grace the window facades on both the East and West ends of the transportation hub. Art at Amtrak(R), the official public art program of Amtrak, p  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a 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 in 2022.) R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in August in 10 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Twenty-five states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 9 states and the District had increases, and 16 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 3.8 percent, rose by 0.3 percentage point over t  more

DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 28 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Attorney General Jennings yesterday joined the Federal Trade Commission and 16 other state attorneys general to sue Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power. The FTC and its state partners say Amazon's actions allow it  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following order on motion for summary judgement and motion to dismiss (Docket No. 23-05) on Sept. 27, 2023: * * * RAHAL INTERNATIONAL INC., Complainant v. HAPAG-LLOYD AG, HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA), LLC, AND HAPAG-LLOYD USA, LLC, Respondents AND HAPAG-LLOYD AG AND HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA), LLC, Third-Party Complainants v. MAHER TERMINALS, LLC, GCT NEW YORK LP, AND GCT BAYONNE LP, Third-Party Respondents. ORDER OF: Linda S. Harris CROV  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced that it has awarded more than $13 million in grants to 11 organizations for its Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative (COPHI) to develop innovative models for integrating community-based maternal support services into perinatal systems of care. Consid  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, today opposed a new law in Indiana that targets transgender youth by blocking access to lifesaving gender-affirming care. The amicus brief supports the plaintiffs in K.C. v. Indiana who are suing to block Indiana's Senate Enacted Act (S.E.A.) 480, which prohibits health care professionals from pro  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th District to uphold a lower court's decision denying preliminary injunctive relief to plaintiffs challenging Montgomery County, Maryland's prohibition on carrying firearms in and around schools, parks, childcare facilities, places of worship, and recreational and multipurpose exhibition facilities,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 11 states in calling on Congress to protect important programs created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) from harmful budget cuts. In August 2022, President Biden signed into law the IRA, the nation's largest-ever investment in addressing climate change. The IRA directs hundreds of billions of dollars nationwide to  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. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-CV-2045; D.N.J. filed Sept. 18, 2023) involving Robert Del Prete: * * * On September 25, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered judgment against Robert Del Prete for engaging in insider trading when he purchased shares of HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. ("HighCape"), a special purpose acquisition company, in advance the company's announcement that it w  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 28 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a multistate coalition of 19 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief opposing a state law in Indiana that severely blocks the ability of transgender youth to access critical, lifesaving gender-affirming care. The plaintiffs in K.C. v. Indiana are suing to block Indiana's Senate Enacted Act (S.E.A.) 480, which  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 28 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown led a coalition of 22 Attorneys General, along with Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, in submitting comments urging congressional leaders to advance the SAFER Banking Act of 2023 to lift banking restrictions that prevent state-licensed cannabis businesses from accessing a full ran  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that Tim Hillmann, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Government Affairs, has been promoted to Principal Deputy Chief of Staff. Tim will begin his new role on Monday, October 2. "Tim has been a key fixture in my office since 2019 and has successfully overseen our legislative affairs, intergovernmental affairs, appointments, an  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following transcript on Sept. 27, 2023: * * * Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on 76 affordable apartments and commercial space in downtown Yonkers as part of the State's efforts to expand housing opportunities near MTA transit hubs. Known as the St. Clair, the development will be subject to leading environmental standards as part of the New York State Energy Research and Development  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service has added 23 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, including its first international site. The program recognizes places and programs with verifiable connections to the Underground Railroad and the resistance to enslavement through escape or flight. "The Network to Freedom commemorates the courage, resilience and creat  more

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 28 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General in urging congressional leaders to advance the SAFER Banking Act of 2023, which passed out of the Senate Banking Committee this morning and heads to the Senate floor for a full vote. The SAFER Banking Act would lift banking restrictions that prevent legal, regulated, state-licensed cannabis busin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts A group of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances--PFAS--are used in manufacturing, fire safety, and consumer products including nonstick cookware. But the chemicals contaminate the environment, and some may cause human health problems. This Snapshot report covers our work on government and other efforts to detect PFAS, prevent exposure, and tr  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Three Los Angeles County residents were found guilty by a jury today of scheming to launder the proceeds of scams targeting older adults and other victims who were conned into buying Target gift cards, supposedly to resolve various financial problems. At the conclusion of a 10-day trial, a jury convicted the three defendants - Blade Bai, 3  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following news release: The leaders of U.S. European Command and the Armed Forces of North Macedonia co-chaired the U.S. - Adriatic Charter (A5) Chiefs of Defense Conference Sept. 26-28, 2023, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Chiefs of defense or their representatives from the Adriatic Charter nations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the U.S. were present at the event, w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just days left before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including delaying long-term disaster recovery and undermining preparedness in communities across the country. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan pr  more