PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Delaware - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * Employment increased in both large counties in Delaware from December 2023 to December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that Sussex County had the l  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester Cuts Ribbon on Federal Projects that Invest in Delaware's Future Generations In case you missed it, on Monday, June 9, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) celebrated two major federal investments to benefit young people in Kent and Sussex Counties. Alongside Senator Chris Coons, U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (both D-Del.), Governor Matt Meyer, Lt. Governor Kyle Ev  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester, Banking Committee Democrats Call on Chairman Tim Scott to Hold Markup on "Big, Beautiful Bill" That Would Destroy CFPB and Undermine Financial Stability "You have repeatedly emphasized the need to return to regular order in the Senate. That means holding a markup on major new laws affecting financial regulation." Letter follows Banking Committee Republicans voicing concerns  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Commerce Committee Democrats Call for Regular Order on Dangerous and Damaging Commerce Title of Reconciliation Bill Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, joined Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of Committee, and fellow Democratic Committee Members Sen  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Blunt Rochester, Coons, McBride Celebrate Federal Investment in Early Childhood Education at DSU Dover, Del. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (all D-Del.), joined Governor Matt Meyer, Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay, former U.S. Senator Tom Carper, and Delaware State University President Dr. Tony Allen for the gran  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Blunt Rochester, Coons, McBride Highlight Federal Investment in Supportive Housing for Young Adults in Sussex County Greenwood, Del. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (all D-Del.), joined Governor Matt Meyer and West End Neighborhood House to celebrate the opening of Life Lines South. Life Lines South is Delawar  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester, Wyden, Senate Democrats Announce Legislation to Improve Medicaid for Kids, Seniors, and Families While Cracking Down on Fraud As Republican Bill Takes Away Health Care from Millions of Americans, Senate Democrats Offer Common Sense Improvements to Medicaid and Empower Federal Watchdogs to Fight Real Fraud * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a   more

PASADENA, California, June 14 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * CALSTART Applauds California and Coalition of States for Clean Cars and Trucks Leadership In response to the latest attack on California's clean transportation programs, state leaders are taking decisive and united action, Today, California Attorney General Bonta- joined by ten other attorneys ge  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Covia Wins Stay of Litigation in Favor of Arbitration in Employment Dispute Practices & Industries Paul, Weiss recently won a motion to stay proceedings pending the result of an ongoing arbitration on behalf of mineral and engineered material products company Covia Holdings LLC and New Covia Energy LLC in a dispute with two former senior executives in the Delaware Superior Court. The  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Certification." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to approve a state implementation plan revision submitted by Delaware on February 14, 2024, addressing Clean Air Act requirements for a vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Wilmin  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSFR) -- The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule (Docket No. FAA-2025-0767; Airspace Docket No. 25-AEA-5) entitled "Amendment of Class D and Class E5 Airspace; Revocation of Class E4 Airspace Dover, DE." This proposal addresses changes to controlled airspace around Dover Air Force Base and Delaware Airpark in Dover, Delaware. This action proposes to amend the Class D airspace at Dover Air Force Base due to its current de  more

WILMERDING, Pennsylvania, June 14 -- Wabtec, a provider of technology-based products and services for rail and industrial markets, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court in Delaware Dismisses Antitrust Challenge to Wabtec-GE Transportation Merger PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2025 - The United States District Court for the District of Delaware has dismissed all antitrust claims filed in a lawsuit challenging the merger between Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) and GE Transportation. The Court said no  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * IN THE NEWS: Ranking Member Coons highlights Secretary Hegseth's "poor judgement" in appropriations hearing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, drew attention for his opening statement and questioning of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday, where he called attention to Secretary Hegseth's "poor judgement."   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Company Sentenced for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Worker's Death * A Delaware corporation with a manufacturing facility in Ohio was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 fine, the statutory maximum, after pleading guilty to willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule. In addition to the fine, Fabcon will serve two years of organizational probation and comply   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Coons statement on deployment of Marines in Los Angeles * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement after the Department of Defense announced that approximately 700 Marines with the 2nd Battalion will be deployed to the Los Angeles area over the objections of state and local  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * REMARKS: Ranking Member Coons calls out Secretary Hegseth for misplaced priorities, failure to submit budget in Defense Subcommittee hearing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a series of failures in his management of the military ranging from focusing on culture wa  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * REMARKS: Senator Coons condemns assault of Senator Padilla by administration in fiery floor speech * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) gave a speech on the Senate floor defending his friend and colleague U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) shortly after Senator Padilla was violently forced out of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference, thrown to the ground, and   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride and Delawareans Support the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025 * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Delaware's Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) joined Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) as an original co-sponsor of H.R. 18, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025 (link is external). This commonsense legislation would create a critical safeguard: ensuring that  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride Returns $2.4 Million to Delawareans in Her First 160 Days in Office * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) announced that her office has helped release over $2.4 million of backlogged benefits to Delawareans in just her first 160 days in office. "160 days into my term in Congress, we've returned $2.4 million to Delawareans in ba  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Joins MSNBC's 'PoliticsNation' with Al Sharpton "He's creating and sowing confusion at a time when we need to have peace and let people exercise their rights to protest and demonstrate..." * Washington, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined MSNBC's PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss how the President escalated tensions in Los A  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons celebrates passage of five bills out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) celebrated the passage of five of his bills focused on strengthening U.S. national security and international engagement out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a markup session Thursday. Senator Coons is a member of the committee. "From op  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons statement on Israeli strikes on Iran * WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement in response to Israel's strikes against Iran's nuclear program: "We do not yet know the full scope of Israel's military operation against Iran, the justification for striking on the eve of the Trump administration's latest negotiating session with Tehran, o  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons Statement on Joint Resolution of Disapproval Vote * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after voting against two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval over U.S. arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: "In just a few months, Donald Trump has shown that his second term will be the most corrupt in American history. He needs to be held  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on HHS Decision to Remove the CDC's Panel of Vaccine Advisers Washington, DC - Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC's ex  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Votes NO on the GENIUS Act Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement following her vote to oppose cloture on the Hagerty-Gillibrand Substitute Amendment to the GENIUS Act, legislation that would create a framework for stablecoins within the U.S. financial regulatory system. "I appreciate the good-faith bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester and Van Hollen Introduce Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act, legislation that permanently authorizes and expands the Choice Neighborhoods Program. U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-05-Mo.) is leading  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, McCormick introduce legislation to reduce overcrowded emergency departments * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, bipartisan legislation to help alleviate emergency department overcrowding by improving the efficiency of emergency care to deliver better  more