NEW YORK, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on the average energy prices in New York-Newark-Jersey City for February 2020: Gasoline prices averaged $2.617 per gallon in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area in February 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that gasoline prices were down 14.0 cents from last February when area   more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on the consumer price index in New York-Newark-Jersey City for February 2020: * * * - Area prices up 0.2 percent over the month and 2.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), inched up 0.2 percent in February, after rising 0.8 p  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers: Maj. Gen. John R. Gordy II, commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Air Mobility Command, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to assistant deputy, Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.  more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards $1,537,000 in grant funding to assist the Executive Office of the State of New Jersey with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools or child care facilities. "EPA has worked closely with New Jersey and several local governments across the state to address lead in drinking water," said EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez. "One commo  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 13 -- The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 12, entitled: "Texas Central Railroad High-Speed Rail Safety Standards". The proposed rule was issued by John Karl Alexy, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenton Kilgore, Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Railroad Safety, 12  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, March 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) events are Department of Defense military training opportunities, exclusive to the United States and its territories that deliver joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. IRTs bring together Active, Reserve and Guard Service members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines, to provide key services (health care, construction,  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on March 12: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, business owner admitted today to tax evasion and failure to pay the IRS over $540,000 in employment taxes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Wilson Salas-Molina, 39, of Howell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with on  more