PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - September 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past month, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.3 percent in September,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program is funding 45 new clean school buses in five school districts across Rhode Island, including nearly $8 million in rebate funding to purchase 22 zero-emission school buses for Pawtucket * * * PAWTUCKET, R.I. (Oct. 9, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alongside U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Representativ  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has reached   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Since 2006, NOAA has partnered with colleges to provide undergraduate students college-funded summer internship opportunities. Students enrolled in one of the partner colleges apply and participate through that college. NOAA collaborates with other universities to offer internship opportunities to help them fulfill their degree requirements. We also mentor students who receive internship and fe  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Providence man who participated in a conspiracy to possess and distribute large quantities of methamphetamine has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Charles Bersch, 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 72 months of incarceration to be followed by three years of  more