BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Ecostructive Pro Builders debarred from federally funded projects for 3 years * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $518,446 in back wages for 54 workers after finding a New Hampshire subcontractor did not pay prevailing wage and fringe benefits to construction workers on a federally funded project at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick. The depa  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 11 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,992) on April 10, 2204, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * 2024 Reliability Enhancement Program and Vegetation Management Program Plan Order Accepting 2024 Plan In this order the Commission accepts Unitil Energy System, Inc.'s 2024 Plan, subject to reconciliation in 2025 when final Reliability Enhancement Program and Vegetation Management Program costs for 20  more

ALBANY, New York, April 12 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Historic federal pandemic relief funds, though being spent down, continued to boost New York's balance of payments with Washington, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. In Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022, New York state generated $361.8 billion in federal taxes and benefited from $383 billion in federal spending. For ever  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 21 of her fellow Republican governors urged the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden Administration to pause implementation of the PM2.5 rule under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. "I joined my colleagues in this letter because this shortsighted ridiculous rule will crush South Dakota farmers, manufacturers and their empl  more