PHOENIX, Arizona, March 13 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: In a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week, Attorney General Mayes and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general urged the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "A rapidly evolving technology landscape requires updated rules and strategies for keepin  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - February 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 2.4 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 0.5 percent in Februar  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - February 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.6 percent over the past 2 months, up 3.4 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI  more

NEW YORK, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - February 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.2 percent over the past month; up 2.9 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.2 percent in February, the U.S. Burea  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0482) on March 11, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment -- January 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in January in 4 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states had decreases, an  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 13 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: An Essex County woman was convicted for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Mahogany Hawkins, 32, of Newark, was convicted on one count possession with intent to distribute coca  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (WT Docket No. 24-80) on March 11, 2024: * * * By this Public Notice, we seek comment on requests from subsidiaries of Exelon Corporation for waiver of section 90.613 of the Commission's rules to grant two additional 800 MHz channel pairs to allow use of mobile-to-mobile communications on the subsidiaries' existing 800 MHz Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system to use f  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-78) on March 11, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Oklahoma (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Interne  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-79) on March 11, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Texas (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet s  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 13 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy was joined by Acting Commissioner of Education Kevin Dehmer at Millridge School in Secaucus to highlight the impact access to preschool is having on New Jersey families as part of his administration's record investment to expand access to preschool statewide. The visit coincides with the announcement of another round of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) Presc  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 25948; E.D. Wis. filed Mar. 1, 2024) involving Roy M. Cook, Jeffrey A. Natrop, Peter S. Renner, James Rudolph and Peter Williams: * * * SEC Charges Former Energy Company Official and Four Others with Insider Trading * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Roy Cook, a former member of the Board of Directors of Tallgrass Energy LP("Tal  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: As a part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD's Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). Investments made under the PIDP focus on modernizing the Na  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/031124_Garland_Vanderstok_Amicus.pdf) with the Supreme Court, in the case Garland v. VanDerStok, in support of the federal government's request for review of a lower court decision that invalida  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general, joined a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/031124_COPPA_Rule_Review_Letter_FINAL.pdf) urging the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Onl  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COPPA-Rule-Review-Letter_FINAL.pdf), Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general to urge the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "Our laws need to catch up to our technology," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "I'm urging the FTC to strengthen online priva  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 13 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy was joined by Acting Commissioner of Education Kevin Dehmer at Millridge School in Secaucus to highlight the impact access to preschool is having on New Jersey families as part of his administration's record investment to expand access to preschool statewide. The visit coincides with the announcement of another round of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) Preschool Education Aid (PEA)   more

ALBANY, New York, March 13 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: * * * Port Authority Recently Released Plan to Replace Existing, 73-Year-Old Building With State-of-the-Art Facility, Creating 6,000 Union Construction Jobs Transformation of Nation's Largest, Busiest Bus Terminal Will Include New Public Open Space, Decreased Congestion, Enhanced Commuter and Community Experience A Rendering of the Terminal Available Here (https://www.governor.ny  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on March 12, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward A. Caban, New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chair and CEO Janno Lieber today announced the launch of a multi-agency city-state task force dedicated to identifying and removing so-called "ghost cars" -- cars that are virtually  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on March 12, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced a new agreement to support the $10 billion replacement and expansion of the 73-year-old Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Recognizing the importance and catalytic potential of the project, the city has committed 40 years of tax revenue -- expected to help  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on March 12, 2024: Building on its more than 70 years pioneering the study of fusion energy, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has added a new field to its research portfolio -- quantum information science. On March 11, PPPL opened its new Quantum Diamond Lab (QDL), a space devoted to studying and refining the processes involved in  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Roy Cook, a former board member of Tallgrass Energy LP, and four of his friends for trading on material nonpublic information in advance of a public announcement that Blackstone Infrastructure Partners had offered to acquire Tallgrass and take it private. The SEC also charged Cook for failing to  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its new rule under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) urging the Commission to "update the COPPA Rule to keep pace and give State Attorneys General the tools they need to respond to a digital world rife with risk." The letter, which was led by the States of Oregon, Illinois,  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Launches the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose Today, in support of President Biden's Unity Agenda efforts to beat the overdose crisis, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose. The Challenge is a nationwide call-to-action to stakeholders across all sectors to save lives by committing to increase trainin  more