PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, May 5 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Aircrew safety improved with new oxygen purity test at NAWCAD For the first time, the Navy can precisely test how well modern oxygen systems remove impurities to ensure safe air for aircrew following a successful demonstration by teams at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). There was previously no way to test whether oxygen systems meet the latest military stan  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 5 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Delays and Cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, Governor Murphy Writes to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Duffy Requesting Regional Support and Investment TRENTON - Today, Governor Murphy sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy regarding recent delays and cancellations of flights that have impacted thousands of travelers at N  more

NEW YORK, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on May 6, 2025, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - March 2025": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.0 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commission  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Business.NJ.gov Marks Five Years of Helping New Jerseyans Start Businesses Faster Since going live in 2020, the site has directly helped over 50,000 businesses get started while reducing launch times by 30% TRENTON - Today, Governor Phil Murphy released a five-year report showing the impact of Business.NJ.gov, the state's one-stop shop that streamlines and simplifies information and proces  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket Nos. 23-62, 12-375) on May 6, 2025: * * * By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) further suspends indefinitely the deadlines to file public comments and reply comments addressing Talton Communications, Inc.'s (Talton) petition for waiver of the Commission's incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate cap rules (Petition)./  more

NEW YORK, May 6 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Briefs Media on NYPD Officers Attacked in Times Square With NYPD Commissioner Tisch and Holds In-Person Media Availability May 6, 2025 Mayor Eric Adams: Good to see some of you, but another day in this great city we call New York. I'm joined by men and women of the New York City Police Department [who] are here to go over the Times Square incident. I asked the commissioner, we were spe  more