WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0547) on March 22, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - February 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in February in 3 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-eight states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 3 states had decreases,   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: In support of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it will initiate an environmental review of Vineyard Northeast's proposed offshore wind energy project, located 29 miles offshore Nantucket, Massachusetts at its closes  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 22 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements: * * * Governor Ned Lamont and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes released the following statements regarding today's announcement from the Biden administration on the expansion of tax incentives to support and stimulate more offshore wind projects: Governor Lamont said, "Connecticut appreciates the Biden administration's release of updated guidance that will ensure mor  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the government and the Discovery Zone Learning Center ("Discovery Zone"), a private childcare center with locations in Columbia, Hebron, and Marlborough, Connecticut, have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that Discovery   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's release of guidance (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-24-30.pdf) expanding eligibility for the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 10% Energy Communities bonus tax credit to the Investm  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: The U.S. Department of Justice, along with 16 state and district Attorneys General, including Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of N  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - The total funded program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport reached $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. Of its total operating budget, $711 million was spent by Division Newport in civilian payroll and labor, materials, operational expenditures, property maintenance and repair, and military payroll, while $1 billion funded contracts. "NUWC Division Newport  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: HHS Principals visited 11 medical schools marking Match Day in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, California, the Cherokee Nation, Georgia, Wisconsin, and New Mexico Secretary Xavier Becerra delivered remarks and celebrated students at Howard University's College of Medicine marking the 71st anniversary of Match Day - the annual nationwide event where  more