WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research on Dec. 3, 2024: Deeply damaging health coverage proposals recently advanced by Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks could gain traction in Congress next year./[1] Cutting Medicaid would harm enrollees -- including the millions of children, people with disabilities, and elderly people with low incomes who are covered by Medicaid -- and increase health inequities. About 72 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Dec 2, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a public comment period for of two draft Clean Air Act Title V Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air quality operating permits for New England Wind 1 and New England Wind 2. These draft permits compile all applicable Clean Air Act requirements that regulate pollutants from OCS sources during the Operations & Maintenance   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed Julio Cesar Hernandez Funez, 41, to Honduras Nov. 18. Hernandez, who's also known as Rodas and Flores Najera, unlawfully entered the United States multiple times. Authorities removed him to Honduras in 2006, 2013, 2014 and twice in 2015, once in 2016, and once th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed Julio Cesar Hernandez Funez, 41, to Honduras Nov. 18. Hernandez, who's also known as Rodas and Flores Najera, unlawfully entered the United States multiple times. Authorities removed him to Honduras in 2006, 2013, 2014 and twice in 2015, once in 2016, and once th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-668) on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicatio  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * VHB's permitting team can help interpret and plan for the new permit's impact. * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a draft of the new Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional (CII) Stormwater General Permit for properties within the Charles, Mystic, and Nep  more