PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.549 a gallon in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline prices   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.468 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gaso  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.0 percent over the past 2 months, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - March 2024": * * * Prices in the South up 0.4 percent in March and 3.8 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: New Mandatory Model Proposed to Improve Health Outcomes Post-Surgery and Advance Climate Resiliency Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule updating Medicare payments and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals. The proposed rule takes a variety of approaches to improving   more

LIBERTYTOWN, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Day C Soul Mechanical shortchanged 48 workers on Woodyard Station project * * * Individuals employed by a Libertytown plumbing subcontractor who worked on a Woodyard Station construction project may be eligible to receive their share of $156,495 in wages and fringe benefits recovered by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. The department's Wage and Hour Divisi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Salvadoran national charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a family or household member. Deportation officers with ERO Boston apprehended the 27-year-old noncitizen March 28 near his residence in Chelsea. He is a documented   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule would update Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inp  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 11 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A report issued today by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) external link makes recommendations to improve the safe and ethical inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in clinical research while reducing the risk of liability--the legal responsibilit  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 11 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a public comment hearing on the request by Easton Utilities Commission to increase distribution rates for electric and gas service. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Easton Town Hall, 14 S. Harrison Street in Easton. Public Utility Law Judge Christine L. Burke will preside. Easton U  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 11 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Maryland Department of Agriculture today issued an order (https://mda.maryland.gov/Documents/Signed%20Order_Cows_HPAI.pdf) restricting movement of dairy cattle into Maryland from states with confirmed outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in their herds. Last week, USDA announced detections of HPAI in dairy cattle herds in several states including Tex  more

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, April 11 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The final day of the Sea-Air-Space Expo 2024 began with a question-and-answer session with representatives from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) and concluded with an overview of NAVAIR's Fleet Readiness Centers. Irma Alexander, deputy director of small business for NAVAIR Headquarters, and Larry Butts, deputy director o  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, April 11 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $25,000 Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) Rural Pre-Seed Fund investment in Aquatic Circle LLC. TEDCO's RBII was designed to enhance technology commercialization and provide technical and business assistance to small and early-stage companies based in rural Maryland. "There is a need for new  more