WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In May 2024, there were a total of 6,694,000 unemployed people and 8,140,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.8 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 4.9 percent. Fourteen states had 0.5 or fewer unemployed person per job opening: North Dakota (0.3 person), Vermont and South Dakota (0.4 person  more

NEW YORK, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Boston Area Employment - June 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area stood at 2,864,200 in June 2024 compared to 2,844,300 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: * * * Sustainable, Balanced Spending Plan Delivers Transformative Education, Infrastructure, Transportation Initiatives * * * Today, Governor Maura Healey signed the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) state budget, a $57.78 billion plan that builds on the many strengths of the Massachusetts economy and addresses some of the state's biggest challenges. The budget is balanced, respons  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced a new competitive grant program to support projects that tell the diverse stories of the American Revolution in Massachusetts as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary beginning in 2025. The Massachusetts 250 Grant Program, administered through the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) within the Executive  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced more than $17.4 million in grant awards to 21 public water suppliers to assist with long-term solutions that address and mitigate emerging contaminants in drinking water. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) selected 21 projects to help remove PFAS and manganese. "Contamina  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Nigerian national pleaded guilty on July 26, 2024 in federal court in Boston to his role in an expansive online fraud scheme targeting individuals in the United States, including pandemic relief fraud, romance scams and other online scams. Amowie Kelvin Imatitikua, 37, who previously lived in the Boston area, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, one co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Request for Proposals issued to procure outside transportation planning and engineering consultant team * * * The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to procure a transportation planning and engineering consultant team to develop and evaluate options for new potential regional ferry service to,   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: As reflected in court documents unsealed in federal court in Providence today, a Massachusetts attorney, two individuals detained in the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, and a Connecticut woman have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints for their alleged participation in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention F  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was honored July 29 by the Seaport Transportation Management Association (TMA) for recent improvements on the Silver Line, which have contributed to the success and vibrancy of the Seaport neighborhood. The ceremony, held at Seaport Common, brought together city and state officials, as well as leaders from the Seaport business communit  more

MCALLEN, Texas, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Two non-U.S. citizens have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and a related scheme to transport aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani along with Special Agent in Charge Aaron Tapp of the FBI's San Antonio Field Office. Luis Enrique Moctezuma-Acosta, 37, and Scarlett Fuen  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: MARINETTE Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Nantucket (LCS 27), was delivered to the U.S. Navy, July 29. Nantucket was accepted from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Delivery follows the successful completion of Acceptance Trials in December 2023. Nantucket will commission later this year, and will be homeported in Mayport, Florida. The LCS-class c  more