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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Wednesday April 10, 2024 ( 6 items )  

A.G. Campbell Co-Leads Multistate Coalition In Defense Of Federal Climate Disclosures Rule
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Plans to Deliver Debt Relief to Tens of Millions of Americans
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics: 3rd-Quarter 2014 Air Fare Data
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

Mass. Conservation & Recreation Dept. Announces Educational, Affordable and Fun Programming for Families Across the State During April School Vacation
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) today announced its plans to provide Massachusetts children and families with fun, educational and affordable programming at parks and watershed properties across the state during April school vacation week. From guided hikes and bike rides to painting, birding, and animal demonstrations, the agency  more

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees visit NUWC Division Newport for tours, briefings
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

White House Fact Sheet: Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy
WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more