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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * Funding from the Investing in America Agenda --Invoked by The President's Use of the Defense Production Act--Would Boost U.S. Manufacturing, Create Clean Energy Jobs, and Lower Energy Bills for Households Across the Nation, While Protecting National Security * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $85 million a  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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan national accused of sexually abusing a Rhode Island minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 25-year-old Guatemalan noncitizen during a targeted enforcement operation July 22 in Providence. "This Guatemalan noncitizen will have his day in cou  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The Enduring Work of Protecting Voting Rights: 59 Years and Counting The Justice Department once described the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted. President Lyndon B. Johnson, when he signed the bill on Aug. 6, 1965, called it "one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom." The act has opened the doo  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 8 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement today after the Court accepted Rhode Island Recycled Metals' fire remediation plan, thereby allowing company operations to resume following the installation of infrared cameras. "Rhode Island Recycled Metals forfeited its right to manage its own business a long time ago. With the utmost respect  more