SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.5 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metropolitan area for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regiona  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics r  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: On January 31, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations, and the Consul General for Mexico gathered for a ceremony marking the repatriation of a cultural artifact. The item in question was a clay pot crafted between 900 and 1521 A.D. in Northern Mexico. The repatriation ceremony concluded with the cus  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has launched a new campaign encouraging the public to Make Every Day Take Back Day by utilizing year-round collection sites to dispose of unneeded and unwanted medications. The DEA has registered a record 17,000 pharmacies nationwide, including 1,106 within the five state DEA Omaha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: A restaurant in Boston's Fenway neighborhood has paid a total of $320,000 in back wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages to 59 current and former employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The division's investigation of SOJUba, located at 1265 Boylston St., found  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a previously removed foreign national Jan. 25 in Lynn who had been locally convicted of child rape and prostitution charges. ERO Boston made the apprehension as part of a recent national immigration enforcement effort where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ERO officers apprehended  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. -- Uriel Diaz-Santos, 21, of Fresno, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, after two juveniles overdosed on fentanyl pills, inv  more

RANDOLPH, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Today the Healey-Driscoll administration celebrated their new initiative, Literacy Launch: Reading Success from Age 3 through Grade 3 with students, educators, and early-literacy advocates at the Martin Young Elementary School in Randolph. This new multi-year strategy aims to improve early literacy education by expanding access to high-quality, evidence-based reading instruc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. -- Ignacio Alcantar Torres, 34, of McFarland, was sentenced today to 10 years and 19 months in prison, and on Jan. 22, 2024, Alexis Mendiola, 38, of North Hollywood, was sentenced to one year in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 2023-1471-3J) on Feb. 2, 2024, entitled "Audit of the Bristol County Sheriff's Office--A Review of Healthcare and Inmate Deaths." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...1 OVERVIEW OF AUDITED ENTITY ...2 AUDIT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY ...10 DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS WITH AUDITEE'S RESPONSE ...16 1. The Bristol County Sheriff's Office did not ensure th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 2022-0587-3A) on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Audit of the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...1 OVERVIEW OF AUDITED ENTITY ...2 AUDIT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY ...5 DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS WITH AUDITEE'S RESPONSE ...9 1. The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authori  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following news release: Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for January totaled $3.594 billion, $268 million or 6.9% less than actual collections in January 2023, and $263 million or 6.8% below benchmark.[1] FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $21.460 billion, which is $212 million or 1.0% less than collect  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC, to reverse a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Ci  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Nitric oxide (NO) brings life to life. It is a colorless, highly diffusible gas that is produced naturally by nearly all life forms. Our every thought is in some way made possible through the action of NO on neurons in our brain and the blood vessels that provide supporting nutrients. NO also strongly aff  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Communications issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * North Atlantic right whale on Martha's Vineyard had a chronic entanglement and was seen in poor health before its death. Experts are examining the rope and other samples collected from the whale. * * * On January 28, 2024, NOAA Fisheries was notified of a deceased female North Atlantic right whale near Joseph Sylvia State Beach on Mart  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Federal criminal charges were filed today against an analyst for a newsletter promoting unregistered securities and over-the-counter stocks, his money-laundering associate, and the CEO of a Beverly Hills company, all of whom participated in a bribery scheme in which leaders of various companies paid more than $4.2 million in undisclosed compens  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 6 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2024: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm's role in the prescription opioid crisis. Utah will receive nearly $3.93 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. By agreeing to the settlement terms, Publicis acknowledged its con  more