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, Northeast Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past month, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.7 percent in March, the  more

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - March 2024": * * * Prices in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 1.5 percent for the two months ending in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commis  more

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the past month; up 3.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri. First, I would like to thank our hosts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I am also glad that we could have this meeting in conjunction with AgCon, and I want to thank the Chairman for continuing the tradition of holding Ag  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory: On Wednesday, April 10, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, in conjunction with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (Institute), will host a "Jazz Informance"--a combination of performance with educational information. The event will feature gifted music students from Baltimore, New York, and Washington, DC public high schools. The students will be accompanied by internationally acclaimed  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-109) on April 9, 2024: * * * Re: Short Term Network Change Certification Received Verizon New York Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that short term public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of th  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on March 19-20, 2024. The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee are generally published three weeks after the day of the policy decision. The descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in these minutes are based solely on the information that was  more

SANFORD, Florida, April 11 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: This week, First Lady Casey DeSantis joined officers from the Sanford Police Department for a law enforcement de-escalation training at Decision Tactical's facility. The First Lady also met with families of fallen officers and awarded the Seminole County Sheriff's Office Community Foundation and Central Florida Concerns of Police Survivors nonprofits with $20,000 each through the Hope  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for a scheme to submit false applications to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) funds through the Small Business Administration (SBA) that were made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron), a New York-based pharmaceutical company. The complaint alleges that Regeneron fraudulently manipulated Medicare reimbursement for its drug, Eylea, by knowingly submitting false average sales price (ASP) reports to Medicare. Medicare uses  more

ALBANY, New York, April 11 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) will hold a virtual public statement hearing on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, concerning light emitting diode (LED) streetlighting fixtures in the Village of Cambridge, Washington County. In December 2019 and January 2020, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid or the company) converte  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Walter Rojowsky, Senior Director, Energy Policy & Regulation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, 284 South Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, wrojowsky@cenhud.com Re: Case 22-M-0429 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement the Requirements of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. Dear Mr. Rojowsky: As required by the Public Service Comm  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Nikolai Albert T. M. Wolfe, Esq., Staff Attorney, Law Department, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc, 4 Irving Place, NY, NY 10003, wolfen@coned.com Re: Case 22-M-0429 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement the Requirements of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. Dear Mr. Wolfe: As required by the Public Service Commission's Ord  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Lindsay Kreppel Crossett, Kiwi Energy NY LLC, 144 N. 7th Street #417, Brooklyn, NY 11211 RE: Triennial Filing Dear Lindsay: This letter is to inform you that the Department of Public Service Staff has reviewed and approved your triennial application. The retail access application meets the requirements of the Uniform Business Practices (UBP), the Home Energy Fair P  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Jeremy J. Euto, Vice President - Regulatory, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation / Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation 3 City Center, 180 S. Clinton Avenue, 5th Floor, Rochester, NY 14607, jeremy.euto@avangrid.com Re: Case 22-M-0429 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement the Requirements of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. Dear   more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Randy C. Rucinski, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Counsel, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, rusinskir@natfuel.com Re: Case 22-M-0429 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement the Requirements of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. Dear Mr. Rucinski: As required by the Pu  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Bess Beikoussis Gorman, Esq., Assistant General Counsel, National Grid, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02451, bess.gorman@nationalgrid.com Re: Case 22-M-0429 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement the Requirements of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. Dear Ms. Beikoussis-Gorman: As required by the Public Service Commission's Order Providin  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 9, 2024: * * * To: Anthony Salamone, Pay Less Energy LLC, 19790 W. Dixie Hwy, Suite 1101, Aventura, Fl 33180 RE: Triennial Filing Dear Anthony: This letter is to inform you that the Department of Public Service Staff has reviewed and approved your triennial application. The retail access application meets the requirements of the Uniform Business Practices (UBP), the Home Energy Fair   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; John J. Durham, the Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homelan  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 10, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today launched LockerNYC, a free pilot program that will utilize lockers installed on public sidewalks throughout multiple boroughs to allow New Yorkers to receive secure package deliveries. Statistics show that 80 percent of households in New York City receive at least one delivery per  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Federal Women's Program celebrated Women's History Month with a panel discussion by five female employees on March 26 that focused on insights and experiences as women working for the U.S. Navy. The event, which was broadcast to employees throughout the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), kicked off with a video featurin  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4496) on April 9, 2024: * * * On April 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against Joanna Lanni, imposing an injunction and ordering her to pay civil monetary penalties. According to the SEC's complaint, Lanni falsified Synchronoss's books and records in connection with a 2016 transaction that resulted   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory on April 9, 2024: On Monday, April 8, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to New York, NY, where he will participate in a roundtable to highlight student debt forgiveness and speak with borrowers who have been approved for relief through the four existing major student loan forgiveness programs: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Income-Drive Repayment (IDR), Saving On A Valuable  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 11 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The New York State Legislature has honored the U.S. Military Academy during the 72nd annual West Point Day in Albany, New York, on April 9. New York State Sen. James Skoufis invited West Point Senior Leaders and New York State Cadets to attend this year's observance. Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland led a delegation of officers, the Chaplain, the First Captain, and local cadets to accept the New  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host representatives from major Brazilian rail transit organizations and state governments who are leading the procurement of infrastructure to expand and modernize their rail operations to be safer, more efficient, and climate-friendly. The 10-member delegation will travel to Miami, FL, New York, NY, and Wash  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 11 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: Chanda Woods, an integrated language arts teacher at Newport News Public Schools' Crittenden Middle School, has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year (Region 2) by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Woods has been a teacher and a mentor for 26 years. "Ms. Woods is a passionate educator who persevered through several life challenges to become a teacher and has ch  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Action to Implement Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Expanding Firearm Background Checks to Fight Gun Crime - New Department of Justice final rule sets strong standard for gun sellers who have to get a license and conduct background checks Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing a new rule that will save lives by reducing the number of firearms sold   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a background news call via teleconference at the National Security Council previewing the official visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio: * * * MODERATOR: Thank you. And hi, everyone. Thank you again for joining today's background call to preview the official visit of Prime Minister Kishida of Japan. Today's call is on background. Speakers on today's call will be attributed as senior administration officials.   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: This evening, the President and the First Lady of the United States will host His Excellency Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan & Mrs. Kishida Yuko for a State Dinner. The following is a complete list of expected guests: THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BIDEN HIS EXCELLENCY KISHIDA FUMIO, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN & MRS. KISHIDA YUKO Mr. Akiba Takeo, National Security Advisor Mr. Arima Yutaka, Director-Gene  more