BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Block by Block workers represented by Teamsters Local 25 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement. The four-year agreement includes significant wage increases, a Teamsters pension, and strong workplace protections language. "Thank you to my fellow transit ambassadors for standing together in support of this historical event," said Khalilah Ali, a  more

MATTOON, Illinois, May 31 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: CONROE, Texas and PORT ST. JOE, Fla. -- Consolidated Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSL), a leading broadband and business communications provider, has readied emergency preparedness protocols and disaster response plans in advance of the official start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and in the event of severe weather in its service areas. Consol  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended a Russian fugitive wanted by authorities in his home country for large-scale fraud by an organized group. Deportation officers arrested the 34-year-old Russian fugitive near his residence in Chestnut Hill May 20. "This individual was apparently part of an organized fraud group who is being s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that more than $691,000 in grants have been awarded to nine municipalities, three non-profit community groups, and two private organizations as part of the Marine Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act (MOSPRA) Grant Program. The MOSPRA Program, administered by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Prot  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: * * * NIH Researchers Find New Pathways Towards Treatment for Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome Type 1 * * * A drug approved to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers successfully alleviated symptoms of a rare genetic syndrome called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1). Researchers identified the treatme  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: * * * UCS Study Shows Offshore Wind Projects Would Greatly Reduce Winter Blackout Risks * * * If the Vineyard Wind and Revolution Wind projects had been up and running over the past two decades, the power produced would have cut the number of days with elevated blackout risk by 42%, according to an analysis released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS  more

ORONO, Maine, June 1 -- The University of Maine System issued the following commentary on May 30, 2024, by Chancellor Dannel Malloy to Bangor Daily News: * * * College Can Be Affordable, So Don't Give Up on the FAFSA or Your Future The rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could be "catastrophic" to the college enrollment of America's high school Class of 2024, higher education experts recently told Congress. But with public postsecondary education the eng  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 31 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Following a public pressure campaign spearheaded by Teamsters Local 597, the Vermont PRO Act (S. 102) has become law of the land in Vermont. The legislation will make it easier for both private and public sector workers to unionize by beginning the process of expanding the right to form a union to historically marginalized workers, protecting employees from anti-union captive audience me  more