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News Tipoffs - Massachusetts Editors Newsletter for Thursday August 08, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Biden's Administration's CHNV Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Violence
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

BLS - Northeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2024'
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

DOE: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $2.2 Billion in the Nation's Grid to Protect Against Extreme Weather, Lower Costs, Prepare For Growing Demand
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

ERO Boston arrests Ecuadorian national charged locally with kidnapping, rape, assault
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a 43-year-old Ecuadorian national charged with kidnapping, rape, domestic violence, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Massachusetts. Deportation officers with ERO Boston arrested Edgar Gustavo Pinos Vasquez July 19 in Plymouth. "Edgar Gustavo Pinos Vasquez has been accused of some vi  more

Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge
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