BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news: For Climate Week, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is releasing its Climate Assessment that takes stock of the MBTA's climate mandate, achievements to date, and identifies next steps for enhancing the transit system's resilience and sustainability. Developed through a series of internal workshops, the Climate Assessment will be implemented by the new Climate Policy a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: BUFFALO, NY Eight related entities operating Boxwood Hotels LLC, Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn hotels in Western New York violated federal law when they fired a transgender housekeeper the day after the housekeeper complained that a supervisor repeatedly misgendered them and made anti-transgender statements, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit fil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NANTUCKET, Mass. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 30-year-old Salvadoran gang member charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of assault and battery on a household member. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Angel Gabriel Deras-Mejia, a documented member of MS-13, Sept. 12 in Nantucket. "Angel Gabriel Deras-Meji  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on Sept. 25, 2024, by Governor Adriana D. Kugler at the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government: * * * Thank you, John, and thank you for the opportunity to speak here today./1 It is good to be back at the Kennedy School and in particular at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center, which has a long tradition of engaging on important policy issues. In my remarks today, I will provide my  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Project aims to identify several novel antibiotic candidates to address the threat of antibiotic resistance Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-Hopens in a new tab) announced funding for the Transforming Antibiotic R&D with Generative AI to stop Emerging Threats (TARGET) project, which will use AI to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * The 2023 American Housing Survey marks 50 years of providing a comprehensive assessment of housing in America and includes key benchmarks to strengthen America's housing industry * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau, released the 2023 American Housing Survey (AHS). The release of thi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 22 attorneys general in support of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' (ATF) rule that helps prevent illegal gun trafficking by expanding the category of firearm dealers who are required to obtain a license and perform background checks on potential buyers. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 45 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of July 2024. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Minnesota (-1.3 percentage points) and in Massachusetts and New York (-0.9 percentage point each). The increase occurred in   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * AGs Support the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm (CATCH) Act to Help Stop Gun Trafficking and Reduce Gun Violence * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in calling on Congress to take action to stop gun trafficking from the United States to Caribbean countries. In thei  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, Senate President Karen E. Spilka, elected officials and advocates came together for a ceremonial signing of An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care, which improves oversight and standards at Long Term Care (LTC) and assisted living facilities to ensure that ol  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Group Associates, who is also the former Chief Operating Officer of Prime Behavioral Health, pleaded guilty today to a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs by directing false billing for patient visits. Miguel Saravia, 42, of Hanson, pleaded guilty to six counts of health care fraud. U.S. District  more