NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Investment in Tidal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Pilot Site and River Current Energy Project Promotes Local Clean Energy Transitions * * * In support of the President's Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced two innovative marine energy projects will receive a combined $6 million to develop a tidal energy research, development,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2024: In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the second round of the Transmission Facilitation Program, a revolving fund supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help overcome financial hurdles facing large-scale new and upgraded transmission lines. Through the RFP, DOE anticipates deploying   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SEATTLE -- Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle removed Igor Lekomtsev, 45, a citizen of Russia, Jan. 26. Lekomtsey is wanted in his home country for charges related to child exploitation. Lekomtsev entered the United States April 12, 2017, with a tourist visa. On July 7, 2020, ERO Seat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the upcoming retirement of Administrator Nuria I. Fernandez, which will take effect February 24, 2024. Fernandez was named Deputy Administrator on January 20, 2021, upon the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden, and was later nominated to be Administrator. On June 10, 2021, Fernandez was co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua L. Kaul, co-led a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (VOCA Fund). The VOCA Fund supports essential direct serv  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 8 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in a letter to Congress, urging it to provide critical bridge funding for crime victims. The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 ("VOCA") is the main funding source for victim services across the country. With a 41% decrease projected in payments to the VOCA fund this year,   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the "VOCA Fund.") The VOCA Fund supports essential direct services for crime victims and survivors across the country. Without prompt action by Congr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- NASA issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: NASA will honor the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates to graduate at 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 5, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing more than two years of basic training, these candidates will earn their wings and become eligible for spaceflight, including assignments to the International Space Station, future commercial destinations, missions to the Moon, and eventua  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce issued the following news: * * * Members adopt U.S. proposals to strengthen monitoring of transshipment activities, enhance observer coverage in the squid fishery, and promote the adoption of labor protections for crew aboard fishing vessels. * * * At its 12th annual meeting in Ecuador, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation adopted U  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Feb. 8 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on February 6, 2024. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2024: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $5.8 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mines and to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Missouri. Mil  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 8 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: Joined by a bipartisan coalition of 41 other state attorneys general, Ohio Attorney General Yost is spearheading an effort calling on Congress to authorize much-needed bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (also known as the VOCA Fund). Funding for the victim-service grants is projected to be $700 million lower this fiscal year than in fiscal year 2023 - a 41% decrease, according to the U.S  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 8 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a pair of efforts - one a bipartisan group of attorneys general across the nation, and the other an Oklahoma coalition of tribal leaders and district attorneys - asking Congress to provide adequate funding to the Crime Victims Fund so states can properly serve victims of crime. In one letter sent today to U.S. House and Se  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 8 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, along with 40 attorneys general nationwide, sent a letter today urging the United States Congress to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the "VOCA Fund.") The VOCA Fund supports essential direct services for crime victims and survivors throughout the country, including in Oregon. These services can includ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release: By Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve U.S. Marine Corps Col. Daniel S. Sullivan, the last actively serving Marine in the U.S. Senate, retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2024. Sullivan is one of four current U.S. Senators to have earned the title U.S. Marine and is one of 34 Marines to have ever served in the U.S. Senate. Dur  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Feb. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced today that the Western District of Washington collected more than $24 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $12,306,908 was collected in criminal actions and $11,958,411 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the Western District of Washington worked with othe  more