PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.5 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), ticked up 0.1 percent in October,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act. The bill would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social Security benefits for millions of public employees such as teachers and first responders. Golden helped force today's vote by signing a bipartisan discharge petition in September a procedure tha  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * Newly closed Green and Resilient Retrofit Program transaction will fund installation of rooftop solar system. * * * CALAIS, ME - Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announced the closing of a $231,623 Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transaction to help finance energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements for affo  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * Final phase of the Pandemic Recovery for an Innovative Maine Economy (PRIME) program makes 48 awards to support and bolster Maine technology-based organizations * * * Governor Janet Mills today announced $7 million in grant awards from her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to help Maine technology companies create jobs and strengthen Maine's innovation economy. The awards were distributed throug  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division, has confirmed the appointment by Lieutenant General Robert D. Harter, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, of Douglas M. Reed as a United States Army Reserve Ambassador At Large for the 99th RD's 13-state region stretching from M  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON Nine men have been arrested for fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking. Ernesto Arberty Mendez Herrera, 43, of Roxbury; Ricky Junior Rodriguez Reynoso, 24, of Boston; Cristofel Baez Guerrero, 25, of Dorchester; Luis Castillo, 24, of Dorchester; Yomerli Mendez Arias, 22, of Lawrence; Estarling Perez Almonte, 28, of Roslindal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership emphasizing the importance of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) that was signed by a total of 55 Senators. Earlier this year, Senators Collins and Shaheen secured a short-term reauthorization of SDP funding at an annual rate of approximately $160 million per year p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: This morning, Speaker Johnson, Leader Steve Scalise, Whip Tom Emmer, and NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson delivered remarks and took questions from the House steps after the American people once again delivered a House Republican Majority, completing the Republican trifecta in Washington. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/live/n2gimPzc3_Y?si=ELkz2E68wuxVn6J3&t=1343) to watch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: This morning, Speaker Johnson, Leader Steve Scalise, Whip Tom Emmer, and NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson delivered remarks and took questions from the House steps after the American people once again delivered a House Republican Majority, completing the Republican trifecta in Washington. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/live/n2gimPzc3_Y?si=ELkz2E68wuxVn6J3&t=1343) to watch Speaker Johnson  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the Stand with Israel Act, which would prohibit the U.S. from funding United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. "The UN should be pressuring Hamas to release every single hostage, not punishing Israel for defending her people and her very existence. There has bee  more