BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Access to Lifesaving Gene Therapies Through Innovative State Agreements * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that 33 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model, a bold new approach to delivering cutting-edge t  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, South Region -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent over the month. The index for energy increased 1.4 p  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Eighth Former Correctional Officer Sentenced on Federal Civil Rights Charges in Connection with Death of Inmate at West Virginia Jail * A former correctional officer from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was sentenced today for his role in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Andrew Fleshman, 22, was sentenced to   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * President Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Nearly $500 Million in Funding to Revitalize American Infrastructure * From improving road safety to revitalizing communities and creating economic opportunity, 30 additional projects will receive BUILD grants this year. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced $488 million in awards fr  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** Embedded Concrete Marking ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 -- Two inventors, Chris Paisley, Washington Court House, Ohio, and Kevin Paisley, Washington Court House, Ohio, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12359447 B2, initially filed Dec. 30, 2022) for "Embedded concrete marking." *** Template for Forming Faucet Assembly Holes in a Countertop ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 -- An inventor from New  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in South Carolina. *** Methods of Treating Cholangiocarcinoma ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 -- QED THERAPEUTICS, INC., Palo Alto, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12357632 B2, initially filed May 28, 2020) developed by eight inventors Riccardo Panicucci, Bluffton, South Carolina; Michael Monteith, Raleigh, North Carolina; Gang Li, San Diego, California; Susan Arangio, Los Altos, California; Craig   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Bacterial Cultures and Methods for Production of Alginate ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 -- MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION, Huntington, West Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12359163 B2, initially filed Nov. 30, 2023) developed by five inventors Hongwei D. Yu, Huntington, West Virginia; Meagan E. Valentine, Huntington, West Virginia; Richard M. Niles, Huntington, West   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Westminster Ingleside to Pay $85,000 in EEOC Race and Retaliation Discrimination Lawsuit * Settles Federal Suit Charging Retirement Community Refused to Promote Black Manager and Fired Her for Complaining WASHINGTON -- Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc., a management company operating several retirement and assisted living facilities in the Grea  more