NEW YORK, July 30 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: AJC New England thanks Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey for signing into law sections 106 and 201 of the FY25 Massachusetts budget. They will establish a Special Commission for Addressing Antisemitism, and prompt the creation of curricula, resources, and professional development opportunities to support antisemitism education. Since the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel, antisemi  more

NEW YORK, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Boston Area Employment - June 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area stood at 2,864,200 in June 2024 compared to 2,844,300 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1568) on July 30, 2024, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - June 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in June than a year earlier in 336 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 40 areas, and unchanged in 13 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 35 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 6 are  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) introduced the Destination Reception Assistance Act to expand the federal government's role in the reception of new arrivals by local governments. The legislation would establish the Destination Reception Services Program, a new fund to promote self-  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Peruvian fugitive convicted of drug trafficking in Argentina. Deportation officers with ERO Boston's Hartford field office arrested the 39-year-old Peruvian fugitive July 25 in Hartford. "This Peruvian fugitive has repeatedly ignored U.S. immigration laws and attempted  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: U.S. house prices were unchanged in May, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI(R)). House prices rose 5.7 percent from May 2023 to May 2024. The previously reported 0.2 percent price increase in April was revised upward to 0.3 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly price changes from April 2024 to May 2024   more

LONDON, England, July 31 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * - ZOSTER-122 retrospective study presented during Featured Research Session on shingles and dementia risk - Retrospective study observed statistically significant association between Shingrix vaccination and reduction of dementia risk, compared to Zostavax and Pneumovax 23, with further studies planned - Abstracts from GSK collaboration with Alect  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on July 30, 2024: * * * Six new and expanded training programs across the state will support and prepare hundreds of Maine people for careers in the state's rapidly growing clean energy sector * * * The Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) today announced $2 million in grant awards to expand or establish six clean energy workforce training programs in Biddeford, Portland, Freeport, Augusta, Orono, and Ox  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Nigerian national pleaded guilty on July 26, 2024 in federal court in Boston to his role in an expansive online fraud scheme targeting individuals in the United States, including pandemic relief fraud, romance scams and other online scams. Amowie Kelvin Imatitikua, 37, who previously lived in the Boston area, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, one co  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition called on the Maine Judicial Branch today to address a growing list of challenges impeding the public's right to access court records online and at individual courthouses. Public access to most records through the state's Odyssey system -- software provided through a 10-year $15 million contract with Tyler Technologies -- was shut off in   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- President Biden issued the following statement on July 29, 2024, on protecting 600,000 Teamster pensions: * * * As of today, over 600,000 Teamster workers and retirees have pensions protected from devastating cuts. They earned those pensions after working for decades. And now they can retire with dignity. This didn't happen by accident. It's because my Administration is keeping our commitment to America's workers. Today's action protects the pensions of 70,000 workers   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Legislation is endorsed by city and county leaders across the country Bill Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Grace Meng (NY-06), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) today introduced the Destination Reception Assistance Act, legislation to expand the federal government's role in the reception of new arrivals by establishing the Destination Receptio  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators and Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation to better protect the health of Americans who have been exposed to toxic per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Better Care for PFAS Patients Act would ensure the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Research (ATSDR) regularly assesses and updates clinical guidance regarding the health effects from exposure t  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Manchester, NH) U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling and members of Teamsters Local 633 to announce new action by the Biden-Harris administration to restore and protect the pensions of more than 72,000 Teamsters across New England, including more than 6,000 in New Hampshire, through provisions in th  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, July 31 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * Dedication to innovative transportation solutions recognized at ITE. * * * VHB has once again demonstrated its commitment to advancing the field of transportation at the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2024 from July 21 to 24. Our team took an active r  more