DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - September 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.37 per hour in the South to $53.75 in the Northeast in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: More than 500 endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles found cold-stunned in Massachusetts over the last 5 weeks were brought to the New England Aquarium. Once stabilized, Turtles Fly Too transported some of them to sea turtle rehabilitation facilities across the Southeast. They brought 40 of the turtles to the Mississippi Aquarium(link is external). They were also given names--each sea turtle is n  more

BERLIN, New Hampshire, Dec. 17 -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Manchester, N.H. (December 16, 2024) - Paul Beaudin's educational journey began as a kindergartener in Manchester the day his mother took him by the hand and walked him to the Straw School at 608 Chestnut Street. Over the years, his journey as a student, professor, and administrator brought him to various regions of New York and, eventually, back to New England. The Board of Truste  more

FREDERICK, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: By Mary Ellen Hackett Depression upended his life when Kedar Narayan, Ph.D. was a graduate student and post doc, but he's rarely talked about the experience and it's likely most of his peers know nothing of his struggle. Now the imaging scientist at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL) is sharing his story broadly, in an interview on a   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Dec. 17, 2024) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the City of Worcester has been selected to receive a $499,000 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in the Worcester area. The Brownfields Job Training Program grants is funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will advance eco  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following record on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * The Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (ULM) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Background The determination of a state party organization's status as the state committee of a political party depends on three elements. First, the national party of which the state party organization is a part must itself be a political party. Second, the stat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is facing a critical shortage of credentialed merchant mariners available to operate the U.S. flag fleet of commercial ships and strategic sealift vessels. These mariners--serving aboard vessels of all types--provide transportation services essential to domestic and international commerce.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: The Justice Department and City of Baltimore filed a joint motion on Friday seeking court approval to declare the city and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) in full and effective compliance with key consent decree requirements related to First Amendment-protected activities, community oversight and coordination with Baltimore City school police. The joint motion is based on BPD's consi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Dec. 7, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 242,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 224,000 to 225,000. The 4-week moving average was 224  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Data from the U.S.-European Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission gives researchers a detailed look at lakes and reservoirs in a U.S. watershed. The Ohio River Basin stretches from Pennsylvania to Illinois and contains a system of reservoirs, lakes, and rivers that drains an area almost as large as France. Researchers with the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission, a collaborati  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: Pairings like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cereal are iconic. But the concept of creating winning combinations is not limited to the kitchen; it is a fundamental principle driving the revolutionary field of synthetic biology, or synbio. "Synbio is a cutting-edge discipline at the intersection of biology and engineering, where scientists design a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Commonwealth Fusion Systems will invest several billion dollars and create hundreds of jobs in Chesterfield County * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the largest private fusion company, will make a multi-billion dollar investment to build the world's first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant at the James River Industrial   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The U.S. Marine Highway System consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, waterways, rivers, bays, coasts, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The goal of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) U.S. Marine Highway Program (USMHP) is to expand the use of the Nation's navigable waters to relieve landside congest  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release Dec. 17, 2024: On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the President signed into law: S. 50, the "Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024," which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance. Thank you to Senators Rubio and Rick Scott for their leadership. * * * S. 310, the "Disaster Co  more