WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 38 metro areas, down in 1 area, over the year ended January 2025 From January 2024 to January 2025, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 348 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (6.1 p  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Project Restoring Wetlands and Fish Passage for River Herring Each autumn, a familiar sight returns to Cape Cod--acres of ruby red cranberries. They rise to the surface of flooded bogs where workers harvest them by machine or hand. However, this 200-year-old tradition is in decline due to changing weather patterns and out-of-state competition. Today, thousands o  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 1, 2025 AIR FORCE Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $12,213,406,028 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the operation of Lincoln Laboratory Federally Funded Research and Development Center. This contract provides for research, development, and rapid prototyping of advanced technology to meet Department of Defense and na  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * FBI Boston Warns Quit Claim Deed Fraud is on the Rise Landowners and Real Estate Agents Urged to Take Action to Protect Themselves The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning property owners and real estate agents about a steady increase in reports of quit claim deed fraud it has received--scams that have resulted in devastating consequences for unsuspecting owners who had no idea their la  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 1 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts and Regional Partners Issue First-in-the-Nation Competitive Transmission Solicitation to Unlock Affordable Electricity in New England Boston -- Massachusetts officials celebrated New England's first competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) for longer-term transmission investments issued yesterday by ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE), a long-time goal of the New England state  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * NUWC Division Newport employees support FIRST Robotics Competition at University of Rhode Island NEWPORT, R.I. - Team 78 AIR STRIKE, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and mentored by its scientists and engineers, reached the final round of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England regional event held March 13-15 at the University of Rhode Island (URI). FRC is a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro Challenges Trump Administration's Unlawful Decision to Cancel Over a Half-Billion Dollars Owed to State Agencies to Protect Pennsylvanians' Health The Trump Administration abruptly canceled more than $500 million in Congressionally-appropriated federal funding for the Pennsylvania departments of Health, Human Services, and Drug and Alcohol Programs  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 1 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Terminates $106 Million in K-12 Education Funding for Massachusetts Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration is condemning the Trump Administration's illegal move to terminate $106 million in K-12 education grant funding for Massachusetts. On Friday evening at 5:03 pm, the U.S. Department of Education notified all states about its decision to end the federal   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command and Japan launch First Bilateral Space Effort TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Kagoshima -- A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Cente  more