SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, CARB Leads Multistate Coalition to Defend California Clean Air Act Waivers OAKLAND -- On behalf of California and leading a multistate coalition of 16 attorneys general and 3 cities, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) filed motions to intervene in litigation to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 15, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC,** as successor-in-interest to Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, New Jersey (SPE8E3-25-D-0008, $3,008,600,000); and Noble Supply & Logistics,* Boston, Massachusetts (SPE8E3-25-D-0009, $1,940,200,000), have each been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Proposes Significant Changes to Right to Shelter Law Boston -- Governor Maura Healey today proposed significant new changes to the state's Right to Shelter law, including imposing a statutory residency requirement for families and strengthening criminal background checks. The Governor submitted the recommendations in a letter to the Senate President, Speaker, and Hous  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Jersey Leads the Northeast in Population Growth Garden State Boasts Largest Number of Jobs, Employers in State History Ranks 10th Nationwide in Year-Over-Year Growth Rate TRENTON - New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date; and the largest population in the state's history. New Jersey now leads th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (the Jail) in Columbia, South Carolina, violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The department's report details the findings of a comprehensive investigation of the Jail, which is funded and operated by Richland County through an Administrator an  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (the Jail) in Columbia, South Carolina, violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The department's report details the findings of a comprehensive investigation of the Jail, which is funded and opera  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 16 -- The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Pending Court Approval, Companies to Pay a Total of $200,000 for Illegal Stormwater Discharges; Includes Funding for Water Quality Projects * * * The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced two separate settlements today with All Steel Fabricating, Inc. (All Steel) and Williams Scotsman, Inc. (WSI) to resolve allegations that each compan  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 16 -- The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: SAUGUS -- The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) today announced that Pedro Lopez, 32, of Lynn has plead guilty to several drug and gun charges and was sentenced to ten years in prison after Massachusetts State Police (MSP), in partnership with the Lynn Police Department's Drug Task Force, found approximately $1.2 million worth of counterfeit pills an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Increases Reimbursement Rates for Child Care Providers Boston -- Today the Board of Early Education and Care unanimously approved the Healey-Driscoll Administration's proposed changes to the reimbursement rates for early education and care providers who accept state child care financial assistance, known as rates. Child care providers across Massachusetts will start to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (TNSfact) -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * The Biden Cancer Moonshot: Ending Cancer As We Know It In 2022, President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot and set two bold but achievable goals--to cut the cancer death rate by at least half by 2047, preventing more than four million cancer deaths, and to improve the experience of people living with and surviving cancer.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Their simulation is one of many critical insights that have come from decades of work on a computer code known as XGC * * * Three scientists were awarded the 2024 Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development based on their decades of groundbreaking research about how plasma behaves in fusion reactors. Choongseok (CS) Chang  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * * * * There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 January 15, 2025 Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. No  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 16 -- The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions issued the following news release: * * * Regulators take coordinated action in response to violations of Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws safeguarding the financial system from illicit use * * * The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and 47 other state financial regulatory agencies have taken coordinated action against Block, Inc., for violations of Bank Secrecy A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on police accountability databases: * * * On Friday, January 10, the Biden-Harris Administration convened state leaders, along with representatives from law enforcement groups and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), to continue the work of making our communities safer through good policing. IADLEST operates the National Decertification Index (NDI), a regi  more