PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - January 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 2.5 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.6 percent in January, th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2024: Mayor Wu, in collaboration with the Mayor's Office of Returning Citizens (ORC), today announced the award of $500,000 in grants to 30 reentry services organizations through the Returning Citizens Services grant aimed at increasing access to various services that individuals need as they return home from prison or jail. The Mayor also announced the award of a second grant that will increase acc  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Jason Kaneshiro, DCMA Eastern Region Public Affairs Bruce Finley donated a kidney -- not to a family member, or a life-long companion, but to a new friend. It is a sacrifice few choose despite great need. How did he reach this decision? It began on a speedway. Finley, a program manager under Defense Contract Management Agency Portfolio Management & Business Integration Directorate, said  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- 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 an unlawfully present Brazilian national charged with six counts of assault and battery with a firearm in Massachusetts and one count of a similar charge in Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston made the apprehension Feb. 8 in Clinton. "This Brazilian national has allegedly display  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the "VOCA Fund"), which provides crime victims a network of care and resources. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime, funding for   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 14 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that March 11 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Massachusetts due to freeze occurring May 17-18, 2023. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the primary counti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:16-cv-10960; D. Mass. filed May 26, 2016) involving Christopher R. Esposito, et al.: * * * On February 12, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment against Anthony Jay Pignatello of Winchester, Virginia. Pignatello was a consultant and Secretary for Cannabiz Mobile, Inc., a publicly traded company purportedly servicing medical marijuana bu  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of a virtual media availability on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy, Communications: Good morning, everybody. My name is Fabien Levy and I serve as deputy mayor for Communications for the City of New York. We hope everyone is staying safe and dry during today's storm, and we appreciate you all joining us this morning for our weekly media availability. Like Mayor Adams said yesterday, we are strong  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 14 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following agency statement on Feb. 13, 2024: The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 80 health care professions (e.g., dentists, nurses, counselo  more