WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Create Revenue for Rural Business Owners and Farms OMAHA, Neb., March 28, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $124 million in renewable energy and fertilizer production projects in 44 states to lower energy costs, generate new income and create   more

NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on March 27, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Vermont - Third Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose 1.9 percent in Vermont's largest county, Chittenden, from September 2022 to September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2022.) Regi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on March 14, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jack Gower, 36, of Burlington, Vermont, with distributing controlled substances to a person under 21 years of age. Gower entered a plea of not guilty to the charges dur  more

OAKLAND, California, March 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY), et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), et al. in support of the plaintiffs' motion to vacate the Trump Administration's 2020 federal rule (the Rule), which strips nondiscriminati  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: San Jose, Costa Rica - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) First Vice President and Vice Chair Judith Pryor traveled to Costa Rica last week as part of a U.S. delegation led by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and General Laura Richardson, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command to further economic ties between the U.S and Costa Rica. While in San   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 29 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of today a coalition of 19 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts supporting a motion to vacate a 2020 federal rule that strips nondiscrimination protections from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems to take an active role in the wonder of science, technology, engineering, and math. "We're excited to grow the community of informal education organizations through these a  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 29 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on his appointment of Zoie Saunders to serve as Vermont's next education secretary. "Last week, I announced my appointment of Zoie Sunders as the next secretary of education in Vermont. "Since that time, I've been disappointed to see many in and around the State House spreading or believing misinformation, making assumpt  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 28 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following transcript of a weekly news conference on March 27, 2024, on affordability and the challenges facing everyday Vermonters: * * * At his weekly press conference today, Governor Phil Scott addressed the affordability challenges so many Vermonters are facing. Between rising costs, higher taxes, fees and penalties, too many Vermonters and small businesses are struggling to get by. He was joined by Amanda Shangraw, th  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 29 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * The Attorney General's Office today announced an update in the State's case against Vermont State Police Sergeant Ryan Wood, 37, and Trooper Zachary Trocki, 30. In May of 2023, Sergeant Wood and Officer Trocki were each charged with one misdemeanor count of Reckless Endangerment in Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division. The charges were based on the non-le  more