NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 12, 2025, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - September 2025": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in September 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Announces Clean Water Agenda with Reintroduction of Three Bills to Combat PFAS Contamination & Support Affected Communities * Pappas reintroduces legislation to set proactive limits on discharges of PFAS, hold polluters accountable, reauthorize EPA's PFAS research authority, help communities clean up contamination, and end federal taxes on PFAS remediation rebates Today Congressman Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Safeguard U.S. Support for UNFPA Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chris Va  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan, Colleagues Introduce the Bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recently helped introduce the bipartisan AI Workforce Projections, Research, and Evaluations to Promote AI Readiness and Employment (PREPARE) Act, which would enhance federal agencies' ability to assess AI's impact on the workforce in order to make job training and education   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Senators Hassan, Hawley Urge Major AI Companies to Crack Down on Scams Today, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) pressed six companies operating generative artificial intelligence (AI) models to step up efforts to prevent scammers from using their platforms.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. MCF 21140) entitled "Van Pool Transportation LLC and AG Van Pool Holdings LP - Acquisition of Control - Lavdas Enterprises Inc.": * * * ACTION: Notice Tentatively Approving and Authorizing Finance Transaction. SUMMARY: Van Pool Transportation LLC (Van Pool) and AG Van Pool Holdings, LP (AG Holdings) (collectively, Applicants), both noncarriers, have filed an appl  more