MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 20 -- The Alabama Securities Commission issued the following news: Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) Director Amanda Senn is pleased to announce the appointments of Christy Boardman Kuklinski and W. Allen Carroll, Jr. for service as commissioners to the ASC. Kuklinski was recommended by the Alabama State Bar and selected for appointment by Governor Kay Ivey. Kuklinski's appointment was confirmed by the Alabama Senate on April 11, 2024. Her four-year term begins imm  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke at the Birmingham Civil Rights Conference: * * * Remarks as Prepared for Delivery It is truly an honor to be at the historic 16th Street Baptist Church once again. I was here this fall along with Pastor Price and with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, former Senator Doug Jones and many others to commemorate the 1963 bombing that happened here. As you've heard, this C  more

NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 19, 2024, entitled "Vermont Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Vermont had 17,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 18,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Vermont was 5.2 percent in   more

DOVER, Delaware, April 20 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a coalition of 25 states and territories in filing a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in support of proposed rules entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions." The April 16 letter expresses staunch support for the would-be regulations, which will redu  more

NEW YORK, April 19 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 18, 2024, by Governor Michelle W. Bowman at the 2024 New York Fed Regional and Community Banking Conference: * * * Opening Remarks * * * Good morning, it is really a pleasure to join you by video. I would like to thank Supervision at the New York Fed for inviting me to join you at this year's Regional and Community Banking Conference. These forums enable us to continue our engagement with bankers in the industry t  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Canadian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today in the Eastern District of New York for perpetrating a massive psychic mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from more than 1.3 million victims in the United States. Following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Patrice Runner, 57, a Canadian and French citizen, in June 2023 of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, c  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending April 11, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 211,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 214,  more

TROY, New York, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news release: * * * Follows federal investigation into how 35-year-old was fatally crushed in October 2022 * * * An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager's guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller's death in October 2022 by recklessly disregarding and ove  more

ALBANY, New York, April 20 (TNSres) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: * * * Scientific Input Sought for Planning to Assist State's Species of Greatest Conservation Need * * * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced it is seeking data on species status assessments for use in updating New York's State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) for 2025-35. The SWAP guides management act  more

ALBANY, New York, April 20 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: * * * Budget Agreement Authorizes Padlocking of Illicit Storefronts by OCM and Localities Elevates Penalties Against Landlords Who Fail to Take Action Against Violating Tenants Empowers Local Governments, Including New York City, to Act Under State Enforcement Provisions * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled new initiatives to shut down illicit cannabis operations and prot  more

ALBANY, New York, April 20 -- The New York State Department of Public Service issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board (Oversight Board) will hold an in-person/virtual meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2024. On December 31, 2020, the New York State Department of Public Service was directed to establish the Oversight Board. The Oversight Board is charged with assessing how to protect the financial, environmental, and physical interests o  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, Fredy Ivan Jandres-Parada, also known as "Lucky de Park View" and "Lacky de Park View," a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York by United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione. Jandres-Parada and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Nicholas Welker, also known as "King ov Wrath," was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats. Welker, the leader of Feuerkrieg Division ("FKD"), an international racially or ethnically motivated violent extremis  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 19, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams today announced that, thanks to strong fiscal management, the city will make multiple new investments, including more than $500 million in city and state funding for educational programs for young New Yorkers in Mayor Adams' Executive Budget next week. First, the city will protect $514 million -- the majority of which w  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Lewis, was recognized by Schneps Media as among its "Power Women of Manhattan 2024" awardees. Ms. Lewis is celebrated as an accomplished health care administrator, who has made significant changes to NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health's strategic direction. From improving the patient experie  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release: NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health announced that a state-of-the-art 3D mammogram machine, which provides cutting-edge breast cancer detection and a more comfortable experience for patients, is now available at Gotham Health, East New York. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, and early detection is vital for effective treatment. Traditional 2D mammograms provide flat images of the   more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx celebrated its social workers on March 21 during its annual Bill Lane Social Work Conference. Continuing in its mission as a teaching hospital, social workers were provided expert training to develop professional crisis response skills for a mass-casualty event. The Social Work Conference honors the groundbreaking work of Bill Lane who   more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue yesterday joined New York City Councilmember Susan Zhuang and members of the community to celebrate a $1.6 million reconstruction of Rainbow Playground in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The refurbished playground includes a new spray shower, play equipment, tot tables, and a rainbow arch play feature for park patrons of all ages. The redesig  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $8 million in federal funding for 14 projects to advance technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial facilities and power plants and convert those CO2 emissions into valuable products. Advancing the development of these technologies will he  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- President Biden issued the following remarks at a campaign event at the Carpenters Training Center: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Guys, you come up here. Come on. Come on. Good to see you, buddy. PARTICIPANT: Yeah, you too. THE PRESIDENT: Come on. With the Bells and the Bidens, like all of you -- my dad used to have an expression. He'd say, "Family is the beginning, the middle, and the end" -- "the beginning, the middle, and the end." (Addressing Megan Bell's   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry. Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 508,900 illegal immigrant appreh  more

NEW YORK, April 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview with Gary Byrd of Hear from The Mayor Radio Show: * * * Gary Byrd: You know what happens each and every Sunday of the month, the second Sunday, WBLS is proud to welcome the 110th mayor of New York City, the second mayor of color, and the first hip hop mayor in the city's history. It's time to hear from the mayor, Mayor Eric L. Adams on 107.5 WBLS. Mr. Mayor, good morning, and welcome. Mayor Er  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that on April 19, 2024, Paul Bateman, 47, a citizen of the United Kingdom who previously resided in Laos, was sentenced in the United States District Court following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including the opiates Tapentadol and Tramadol, as well as other   more

WEST POINT, New York, April 20 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: The U.S. Military Academy Equal Opportunity Office hosted the 2024 Days of Remembrance Observance on April 18 at the West Point Club's Grand Ballroom. This year's guest speaker was Paula Aspell, who after retiring from a 33-year award-winning career as PBS NOVA's senior executive producer and director, she founded Leading Edge Productions to make documentaries of scientific, cultural and historical  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the following news release: Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first-ever national drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever chemicals,' as well as $1 billion through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory fund PFAS detection and treatment systems to meet the   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 17, 2024: * * * On One-Year Anniversary of President Biden's Care EO, the Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates New Progress toward Providing Care and Other Supportive Services for Workers White House Hosts Event and Issues Call to Action to Government Leaders, Employers, and Others to Build on These Efforts During Care Workers Recognition Month and the Month of Action on Care, the Biden-Harris Admini  more