PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reports that the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget request includes more than $122 million in federal funding for the district's civil works program. The request is part of $7.2 billion in gross discretionary funding for the corps' worldwide civil works program. The proposed appropriation for the Pittsburgh District wi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "New Jersey Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * New Jersey had 211,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 221,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job o  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on March 26, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From January 2023 to January 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 59 metropolitan areas, decreased in 3 areas, and was essentially unchanged in 327 areas. The largest percentage gain occurred in Madera, California, at 6.6 percent. Employment in the area rose from 41,200 in January 2023 to 43,900 in January 2024, or +2,7  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Martin Webler, a business management specialist within NETL's Technology Development Center (TDC), will retire at the end of March. During his 14-year tenure with the Lab he worked by the creed "People make jobs," helping NETL grow, expand and change with the times. Webler joined NETL 14 years ago as a business management specialist in the Strategic Center for   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a partnership with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the focus of the Global Business Identifier (GBI) Test. The expanded test will explore how identifiers - unique numbers that capture information about legal business entities and their functions - can be leveraged to address a ran  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The District of Columbia Department of Health issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: DC Health advises all children to be fully vaccinated with the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine as the best protection against the wave of US measles outbreaks across 15 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. This year, to date, there have be  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The FCC's Privacy and Data Protection Task Force in parallel with the Federal Trade Commission and other federal and state agencies announced ongoing initiatives to strengthen law enforcement efforts through increased technical expertise and cooperation, including for privacy and data protection enforcement matters. FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan A. Egal, chair of the Task Fo  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Following the Global Financial Crisis, US banks on average increased their capital ratios well before Basel III reforms required them to do so, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Larger and better-capitalized banks typically increased their capital ratios before smaller and less-well-capitalized banks, but on average banks of all si  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Ohio's economic growth was about average through the first two years of the pandemic, but after that its growth has been "noticeably weaker," according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The state's GDP grew by about half a percent between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the third quarter of 2023, ranking 45th out of all states. What changed   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a report on March 26, 2024, entitled "Labor, Income, Finances, and Expectations Survey Report - January 2024." The report was written by Tom Akana, senior advisor and research fellow. Here are excerpts: * * * This report is the first in a quarterly series on key observations from the Labor, Income, Finances, and Expectations (LIFE) Survey. Data from the survey provide  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 27 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * In case you missed it, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the most significant abortion rights case since this same Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Inslee has b  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General for 11 other States and the District of Columbia have told Glock, Inc. to preserve all evidence related to its line of Glock pistols, which can be easily converted into illegal machine guns with just one small, easy-to-make modification. The States' letter to Glock was sent in the wake of the gunmaker   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: By using software tools developed at the Lab, NETL helped co-author "Modeling Framework for Cost Optimization of Process-Scale Desalination Systems with Mineral Scaling and Precipitation," which was recently published in the journal ACS ES&T Engineering. Authored by Mayo Amusat of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Adam Atia of NETL, Alex Dudchenko  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: A few days before the Maryland Wing's recent change of command ceremony, the incoming commander was still absorbing its significance. "I'm starting to reevaluate my life choices," Col. Brenda Reed said, chuckling at her own joke. "Back in the day when I worked for wing commanders, and I saw what they went through, it never occurred to me that it was something I could do, let alone something I was i  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * NIH-supported study also found Black people with depression used different language compared to white people to express their thoughts on Facebook. * * * Researchers were able to predict depression severity for white people, but not for Black people using standard language-based computer models to analyze Facebook posts. W  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted the second annual Appalachian Carbon Forum in Lexington March 7-8, 2024, where ORNL and University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research scientists led discussions with representatives from industry, government and academia to discuss ways to transition to clean energy. Launched by ORNL in 2  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The Department of the Auditor General released audits of nine county children and youth services agencies during the first quarter of 2024, Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor said today. "Our audits ensure that counties are properly using state funds to protect at-risk children," DeFoor said. By law, the department audits the fiscal reports that county  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on March 26, 2024: Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger announced 244 new projects totaling more than $105.6 million were approved through the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA). These new CFA awards align with the Shapiro Administration's focus on strengthening communities, enhancing infrastructure, and spurring ec  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and First Lady Lori Shapiro welcomed pre-K students, teachers, and advocates from across the Commonwealth to the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence for the 2024 annual Easter Egg Hunt. Since taking office, Governor Shapiro has been focused on building safe and healthy communities - and he knows that an important part of doing that is supporting Pennsylvania st  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: With a voter identification constitutional amendment having languished in committee for nearly a year, despite bipartisan support for the concept among both the public and House members, House Republicans held a press conference Monday announcing they will be utilizing the discharge resolution process to advance the measure. House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lanca  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: State Reps. Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) and Paul Friel's (D-Chester) legislation to expand the 529 TAP Tax Credit, House Bill 1745, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives. The bill expands the tax credit to encourage workforce development and ease the financial burden of higher education for Pennsylvania families. House Bill 1745 offers a compelling incentive for employers to s  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A resolution recognizing March 25, 2024, as "National Medal of Honor Day" in Pennsylvania, sponsored by Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill), was passed unanimously in the House of Representatives today. "The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration. Of the 40 million Americans who have served in the military since the Civil War, o  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Legislation prohibiting the use of cellular and other hand-held devices while driving passed today in the House of Representative's Transportation Committee, according to the bill's prime-sponsor, Sen. Rosemary Brown (R-40). "Cellphone usage has become an addictive and consistent distraction for drivers, posing a significant public safety concern for our roadways," sai  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Sahire Walker was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for committing crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Walker, age 45, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge David Stewart Cercone. Judge Cercone ordered Walker to serve six ye  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Yong Chun ("Steven") Guo, 57, of Wyomissing, PA, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to 30 months in federal prison for tax crimes. Guo was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,172,368 and a $95,000 fine. Guo pleaded guilty in 2023 to conspiracy to def  more