WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of February 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. For February 2024, 0.6% of flights were canc  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 14 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on May 13, 2024, by Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson at a conference entitled "Central Bank Communications Theory and Practice," hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: * * * Introduction Thank you, Ed, for the kind introduction and for the opportunity to speak./1 You and the organizers of this conference have put together an excellent program on a very important topic, central bank communication, which is key   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The director of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Office of Career and Technical Education earned lifetime achievement honors as others from Michigan also won awards at a recent regional conference. Dr. Brian Pyles won the Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Award at the Association for Career and Technical Education Region 1 Conference in New York City. Pyles, a Lansing resident, ha  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Bureau of Securities ("Bureau") within the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau's annual investment adviser examination is underway. The Bureau, which regulates New Jersey's securities industry, uses the examination as a risk assessment tool for the nearly 900 investment adviser firms that manage New   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to illegally obtain over $400,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Yanira Abreu, 42, of Keasbey, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch to an information charging her wit  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Cape May County, New Jersey, man today admitted misappropriating postal funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Austin T. Mahan, 44, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O'Hearn to an information charging him with misappropriating over $1,000 in postal funds. According to documents f  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) broke ground May 9 on the new Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), a state-of-the-art office and laboratory building that signals a new era for PPPL, providing space for research supporting PPPL's expanded mission into microelectronics, quantum sensors and devices, and sustainability sciences.   more