WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The (Department) today announced $179 million in grants focused on supporting academic acceleration for every child, building on the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to improve academic achievement nationwide. These grants include $149 million in new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant (CLSD) awards--the largest number of awards ever for this program--and nearly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * New Mexico Households Can Receive up to $14,000 Through the Home Energy Rebate Programs to Save Energy and Save Money on Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades * * * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that New Mexico has launched its first Home Energy Rebates program, s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Flexcon Global has exclusively licensed two patented inventions to manufacture a self-healing barrier film from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for research and development purposes. The film can be incorporated into vacuum insulation panels to increase the efficiency of buildings during retrofits. Flexcon, based in Spencer, Massachusetts,   more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force announces the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for constructing a new fire station and passenger terminal here. The draft EA, prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, Council on Environmental Quality regulations, and Department of the Air Force regulations implementing NEPA ev  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 18-year-old Haitian national charged with sexually assaulting a minor in Massachusetts. ERO Boston officers arrested Akim Marc Desire Aug. 30 in Attleboro. "Akim Marc Desire allegedly victimized a minor member of our Massachusetts community," said ERO Boston Field Office Direct  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 2023-1374-3M2) on Sept. 4, 2024, entitled "Audit of the Office of Medicaid - Review of Payment for Telehealth Adult Foster Care and Group Adult Foster Care." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...1 OVERVIEW OF AUDITED ENTITY...3 AUDIT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY...6 DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS WITH AUDITEE'S RESPONSE...10 1. MassHealth did not ensure that adult f  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: A Boston woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Jameela Gross, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. U.S. District Co  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Researchers from the NHGRI-funded Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium are exploring how genomic variation affects genome function. * * * While most DNA letters are the same amongst everyone, just under 0.5% are different between any two people. Over the past two decades, researchers have identified hundre  more