SACRAMENTO, California, July 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a nationwide agreement in principle on monetary terms that will require opioid manufacturer Indivior to pay up to $86 million nationally to address its role in the opioid epidemic. The attorneys general allege that Indivior failed to properly monitor and report suspicious opioid orders, causing its buprenorp  more

ALBANY, New York, July 27 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across New York and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder, which can feed opioid addictions when abused and cause  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Idaho and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Attorney General Labrador and a multistate coalition of attorneys gen  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Miyares today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Virginia and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Attorney General Miyares and a multistate coalition of attorney  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Illinois and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Raoul and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general allege, I  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced more than $374 million for airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at 299 airports in 46 states and American Samoa. "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to modernize our aviation infrastructure to make it safer, more resilient, and more efficient," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete But  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced more than $374 million for airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at 299 airports in 46 states and American Samoa. "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to modernize our aviation infrastructure to make it safer, more resilient, and more effi  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses Brunswick, Maine, July 26, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced from the Brunswick Farmers Market today that USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for Americ  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program--the largest single environmental justice investment in history--delivered by President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * BOSTON (JULY 25, 2024)-- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the City of Springfield, and its partner Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, were s  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: On Monday July 22, the Biden-Harris Administration announced recipients of over $4.3 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America's clean energy transition. New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and Maryland were announced as recipients   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: * * * Program works to Reduce the 'Urban Heat Island Effect', Promote Public Health, and Increase Energy Savings * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1 million in grants to support tree planting and expand the urban forest canopy in Gateway Cities across Massachusetts. Six municipalities, two non-profit organiza  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: * * * Program works to Reduce the 'Urban Heat Island Effect', Promote Public Health, and Increase Energy Savings * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1 million in grants to support tree planting and expand the urban forest canopy in Gateway Cities across Massachusetts. Six municipalities, two non-profit organizations, and   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending July 20, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 235,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 243,000 to 245,000. The 4-week moving average was 235,50  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: A Brockton man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy that that involved dozens of parcels containing kilograms of cocaine sent from Puerto Rico to various addresses throughout Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Investigators intercepted 10 parcels and seized more th  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following vital statistics report on July 25, 2024, entitled "Infant Mortality in the United States, 2022: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File" under the National Center for Health Statistics: Here is the abstract: * * * Objectives--This report presents final 2022 infant mortality statistics by age at death, maternal race and Hispanic origin,   more