WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: New data show 6.9 million borrowers are enrolled in the Administration's most affordable repayment plan Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that next month it will start providing forgiveness after as few as 10 years of payments for borrowers on the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan who originally took out $12,000 or less for college. Borrowers enrolled in SAVE who are eligi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the selection of Pamela Mathis as the new District Manager for the Northeastern States District. Ms. Mathis will report to duty on Jan. 16. "Pamela is an experienced leader who brings passion and innovation to managing public lands," said Mitchell Leverette, BLM Eastern States State Director. "We are excite  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet: * * * Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that over 20 million Americans have signed up for 2024 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on Nov  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that over 20 million people have selected an Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace plan since the 2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period launched on November 1 -- a record number of enrollments. Today's data represen  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is establishing a panel of agency heads within his administration that will be known as the Connecticut Interagency Council on Homelessness and will be responsible for collaborating on a multi-agency approach that strengthen the state's homelessness prevention and response efforts. The council will consist of leaders of state agencies  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with Twin Pines Diner in East Haven to resolve allegations that the diner was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). The settlement agreem  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document (No. AO 2023-12) on Jan. 12, 2024: * * * The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands (Committee) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Background The determination of a state party organization's status as the state committee of a political party depends on three elements. First, the national party of which the state party organization is a pa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: For the past 25 years, Congress has upheld a bipartisan commitment to provide full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to serve every eligible participant that applies. Following this week's announcement of a bipartisan agreement on topline funding levels for fiscal year 2024 appropriations and as negotiations still continue in Congress on a fina  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act in the interest of public health and safety. "Illinois is one of several states that have established robust regulatory frameworks for legal cannabis sales," Raoul said. "State-regula  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Jan. 11, 2024. * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 202,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 202,000 to 203,000. The 4-week moving average was 207,750, a decrease of 25  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits retaliation against employees * * * After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal court entered a consent judgment requiring a government contractor based in New Bern, North Carolina, to pay a total of $13,085 in back pay and punitive damages to an employee for violating the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fai  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate coalition of 20 Attorneys General calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. The coalition sent a letter asking the   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 12 Attorneys General in a letter encouraging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act in the interest of public health and safety. In the letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, the coalition explains that reschedulin  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/news%20Documents/011024_CoreCivic_Amicus.pdf), urging the U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court's decision preventing enforcement of a state law intended to close private detention facilities to protect the health and safet  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general, led by the State of Washington, in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule that revised a Trump-era rule that unlawfully curtailed state authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. "The Trump administration wrongfully attempted   more