HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Urges Trump Administration to Restore Title X Funding # Today marks one month since HHS suddenly decided to withhold vast amounts of Title X funding (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Trump Administration to express serious concern with the U.S. Department of Health and  more

NEW YORK, May 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 29, 2025, entitled "Boston Area Employment - March 2025": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area stood at 2,731,400 in March 2025 compared to 2,739,100 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA celebrates 100 days with 100 environmental actions Major accomplishments achieved in Mountains and Plains Region DENVER -- Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions Exit EPA's website taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. The recap highlights numerous accomplishments in EPA Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions in Heartland and Across Nation LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 30, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the Agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials cleanup after the catastroph  more

CANTON, Ohio, May 1 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Patriots QB Drake Maye 'pumped' to play behind Will Campbell after first-round OT's viral draft moment One of the emotional highlights of the 2025 NFL Draft came during Round 1 when Will Campbell was selected by the New England Patriots. The first offensive lineman taken off the board, Campbell let it all out after being selected No. 4 overall, telling NFL Network's Jamie Erdahl that he's  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Markey, Velazquez Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Make Small Business Innovation Programs Permanent Ahead of September Expiration (Washington, May 1) - Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: New $18.4B Navy Submarine Contract to Boost RI Workforce & Help Safeguard the Nation WASHINGTON, DC - The enormous black cylinders that begin to take shape in the cavernous manufacturing production facilities at Quonset Point provide the United States with an unparalleled strategic deterrent that helps safeguard the nation and provides the U.S. Navy with an unmatched advantage beneath the wa  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan America the Beautiful Act (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined her colleagues, U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Angus King (I-ME), to introduce their bipartisan conservation bill, the America the Beautiful Act. This legislation builds on the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act, which Shaheen cosponsored, by strengthening and rea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * TWO-PART NOVA SPECIAL "ULTIMATE CRASH TEST" PREMIERES IN MAY, INVESTIGATES MULTI-CAR PILEUPS IN THRILLING, FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EXPERIMENT ULTIMATE CRASH TEST: COUNTDOWN premieres May 7, 2025, at 9 p.m.ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS ULTIMATE CRASH TEST: IMPACT premieres May 14, 2025, at 9 p.m.ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS New two-part special will also be available for streaming at  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, May 2 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE's Norm O'Reilly co-authors book chronicling the rise of Major League Soccer "The Rise of Major League Soccer: Building a Global Giant" will be available in stores May 6 Norm O'Reilly, Ph.D., inaugural dean of the University of New England's College of Business and a globally recognized authority on the business of sport, is co-author of a forthcoming book that explores the rapid ascent of Major Leag  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU-led research highlights semaglutide's potential for treating fatty liver disease International study suggests that the substance in Ozempic and Wegovy can reverse liver damage in patients. By A.J. Hostetler, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health An international study led by the director of Virginia Commonwealth University's liver institute suggests that the substanc  more