SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in an amicus brief before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The brief supports President Biden's Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV Parole Program). The CHNV Parole Program offers   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - June 2024": Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * Projects Funded by the Investing in America Agenda Will Add Nearly 13 GW of Capacity to Support Increased Manufacturing, Data Centers, And Renewable Power While Catalyzing Nearly $10 Billion In Public-Private Investments, and Creating Thousands of Jobs * * * RALEIGH, N.C. --In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the appointment of Gary Dake and Nicole Russo to the New York Fed's Second District Advisory Council, effective immediately. The Second District Advisory Council, which is comprised of senior business leaders, generally meets three times a year to provide the New York Fed President and New York Fed leadership with high-level insights a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of Lead Free CT, a new campaign overseen by the Connecticut Department of Public Health with the goal of protecting children from the harmful health impacts of lead and creating a lead-free Connecticut. Its objectives of include: * Making older homes where children or pregnant people live lead safe; * Collecting information on all   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: (NEW BRITAIN, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today joined state agency leaders and law enforcement officials at a news conference to highlight steps Connecticut is taking to combat a rise in credit, debit, and EBT card skimmers targeting consumers. This includes the launch of an education campaign to help people learn the signs of skimmers and fraud, police investigations, and increase  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced ANTHONY SANTOS, also known as "A-1," 36, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to unlawful possession of firearms by a felon. According to court documents and statements made in court, on  more