BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Co-leads 27 state and local agencies in asking DHS to extend deferred action protection to protect noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from deportation for four years * * * The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO), along with the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, has spearheaded a coalition of 27 lab  more

NEW YORK, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 28, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Burlington-South Burlington - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.14 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Co  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric announced today 22 awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The state and local governments were selected by CPSC, from a group of 31 applicants. CPSC will provide more than $3 million in federal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP) funds that will be mat  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 2, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced that contracts have been awarded (https://www.spr.doe.gov/gas/default.htm) for the sale and liquidation of 1 million barrels (42 million gallons) of gasoline in the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (NGSR). The contracts awarded today represent a fully subscribed solicitation following the Request for Proposal (RFP) th  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Economic Development (DED) announced today the Brownfields Revitalization Fund - State Program is investing $1,970,970 to clean six properties in Newport, St. Johnsbury, West Rutland and Windsor. The Brownfields Revitalization Fund - Federal Program is investing an additional $798,777 to contribute to the cleanup of properties in Colchester and   more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base officials held a regional commander's meeting here June 28 to share information and provide key updates to mission partners throughout the region. Senior leaders from Fort Devens, Natick Soldiers Systems Center, Massachusetts National Guard, US Coast Guard District 1, US Coast Guard Base Boston, USS Constitution, 25th Marine Regime  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont to provide better continuity of Medicaid and CHIP coverage for incarcerated people, whose health care needs -- from substance-use disorder treatment to chronic physical health conditions -- have historically gone overlooked. Adults and youth transitioning out of incarceration can experience delays in getting access to Medicaid or CHIP coverage   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont to provide better continuity of Medicaid and CHIP coverage for incarcerated people, whose health care needs -- from substance-use disorder treatment to chronic physical health conditions -- have historically gone overlooked. Adults and youth transitioning out of incarceration can experience   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: Two people were arrested Tuesday morning for shipping an Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) from New Jersey to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without having obtained the required license and authorization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Fadi Nammas, 43, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Tara Jamhour, 24, of Rockaway, New Jersey, are charged by compla  more