WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris administration today announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project the nation's 11th commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden's leadership. With today's approval, the Department and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have approved over 19 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy from offshore wind energy projects enough to power more than 6 million   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 19, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area spent an average of $101,247 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that food, housing, and transportation  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following news release: * * * and for Scheme to Procure Sensitive U.S. Technology for Use in IRGC Military Drones, One of Which Killed Three U.S. Servicemembers Founder of Iranian Company and his Co-Defendant, an Employee of a U.S. Microelectronics Manufacturer, Also Charged with Violating Export Control Laws in Conspiracy to Procure Sensitive U.S. Technology for Use in IRGC Military Drones * *   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today designated Nantucket Barrier Beach and Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts as the newest National Natural Landmark, reflecting its unique ecological diversity and rare coastal features. National Natural Landmarks recognize and encourage the conservation of publicly and privately owned and managed places that contain noteworthy biological and geological resourc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * Substance Use Treatment Provider Allegedly Billed for More Expensive Levels of Service Than Provided and for Medically Unnecessary Drug Tests * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has reached a $2 million settlement with SaVida Health, P.C. (SaVida), a physician group specializing in behavioral health and substance use treatment services with loc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: As part of U.S. DOT, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center works to advance the Department's mission: to deliver the world's leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy through the safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable movement of people and goods. Read on for some recent U.S. DOT Volpe Center project highlights--along w  more