PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 21, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - September 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2024, the U.S. Bureau   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Attorney General William Tong is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pass a proposed rule to enable consumers to switch mobile service providers while keeping their existing mobile phones. If adopted, the mobile phone unlocking rule would require all providers to unlock devices within 60 days of activation in most circumstances - reducing consumer cos  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 26 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Attorney General Aaron Frey today announced that he has filed suit in state court against Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute for deceiving Mainers for decades about the role of their fossil fuel products in causing climate change. The State seeks to hold the Defendants accountable for failing to warn Mainers and concealing their knowledge about th  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of compliance audits for district courts and county government offices in Adams, Armstrong, Blair, Cambria, Delaware, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Perry, Pike, Snyder, Tioga, Washington, Westmoreland and York counties. "These compliance audits determine whether all funds  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Defendant and Others Illegally Smuggled and Induced Non-U.S. Citizens Into the United States for Private Financial Gain * * * United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Cesar David Martinez-Gonzalez, 39, of Chester, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Gerald   more