WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * This two-folded approach project conducted both a bundled evaluation and provided a one-year evaluation to participants. * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, released the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund Bundle Evaluation and Capacity Building Project final report, which assessed how State Service Commissions from Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: Domenick Nardone appeared in federal court in Oakland this week to face conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and related charges for his alleged role in a kickback scheme that defrauded Williams Sonoma, Inc. (WSI) of millions of dollars, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Nationally, public school spending per student rose 8.9% from $14,358 in FY 2021 to $15,633 in FY 2022, according to new data from the 2022 Annual Survey of School System Finances released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This represents the largest percentage increase in public school spending per pupil in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in over 20 years. Statistics are not a  more

ROCHESTER, New York, April 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charges Restaurant Refused to Schedule and Ultimately Fired Two Employees Who Were Fully Able to Work * * * New York Beer Project, LLC, which operates a restaurant, brewery, and beer hall in Victor, New York, violated federal law by firing one bartender who had cancer and another who had a nocturnal seizure even though both had been cleared to  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a New Jersey-licensed commercial driver Gurpreet Singh to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him to immediately cease operating any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. Singh was served the Federal o  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The U.S. Navy Submarine Force's newest attack submarine, the future USS New Jersey (SSN 796), delivered to the Navy on April 25, 2024. SSN 796 is the 23rd Virginia-class submarine co-produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS); it is the 11th delivered by HII-NNS. The boat's delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilde  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending April 25, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 207,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 213,250, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week's unrevised av  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 27 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act, legislation that would guarantee the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. ART has provided thousands of people in diverse situations the opportunity to grow their families, including c  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general this week in urging Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act, federal legislation to guarantee the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. ART has provided thousands of people in diverse situations the opportunity to grow  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today celebrated the culmination of Earth Week by unveiling a slew of new solar initiatives that will boost accessibility across the board and make solar more affordable for residents than ever before, bolstering New Jersey's momentum and reaffirming its commitment to achieve 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. New Jersey already expects to surpass 200,0  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) President Christine Guhl-Sadovy today announced that New Jersey has been selected to receive $156.1 million in federal funding to make affordable clean energy more accessible across the Garden State. Awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A construction company based in South Carolina and its owner entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by taking two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip Sell  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Virginia man was convicted for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. Djavon Holland, 37, of Virginia, was convicted on April 15, 2024, by a federal jury of two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl following trial before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton fed  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following remarks at Gov. Kathy Hochul's housing and budget announcement: * * * Governor Kathy Hochul: Finally, we have a housing deal for New York City and the State of New York. We got it done! And I want to recognize the people who are standing with me, who worked so hard to get this over the finish line. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Come on. We were in a foxhole for a long time. But you know what, the long da  more