PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson - November 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.194 a gallon in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area in November 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline prices were down 4.1 percent compared to last Novembe more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - November 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.181 a gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in November 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline prices were down 11 percent compared to las more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area - November 2024": * * * Area prices were down 0.2 percent over the past 2 months, up 2.7 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.2 percent over the 2 month more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - November 2024": * * * Area prices unchanged in November; up 2.7 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South was unchanged in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A decline in the gasoline index was more than offset by an increase in more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: DEC. 11, 2024 The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for November 2024. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration with economists affiliated with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the University of Ma more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, principal deputy director, Research and Engineering Directorate, Defense Health Agency, joined by Deputy Director Matt Gray, visited with leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute on Dec. 10 to discussed prioritization of research priorities and the importance of building relationships in reference to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: By Lauren Biron With dual lasers, researchers at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center accelerated a high-quality beam of electrons to 10 billion electronvolts in just 30 centimeters. The experiment gives scientists a "frame-by-frame" look at how a petawatt laser interacts with a long plasma channel, knowledge that's crucial for building future compact particle accelerators. * * * Key Takeaways * Laser-plasma more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 6, 2024, entitled "Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date for the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to determine that the Anne Arundel and Baltimore County sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment area attained the 2010 1-hour SO2 primary national ambien more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Helping America's Famers Act, legislation which would authorize the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide up to $10 billion in zero-interest loans to assist farms impacted by disasters. With this funding, USDA would be able to more quickly provide financial support to farmers in need in states where Federal Crop Insurance is unavailable or out of reach. Recipient farmers could use fund more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-05) and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner (both D-VA) led a bicameral letter calling for pay parity for federal civilian employees. President Joe Biden's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 includes a 4.5% pay raise for military personnel and a 2% pay raise for federal civilian employees. In the lawmakers' letter to the President, they request that he submit a revised pay plan that would provide a 4. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Program fulfills Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directive and advances the Department's National Roadway Safety Strategy * * * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced $171 million in grants to 19 states and territories to upgrade and standardize their crash data systems. The system upgrades will improve the accuracy, timeliness, and accessibility of fatalit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: More than a decade ago, a Navy explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) technician came under fire while on a mission to locate and destroy unexploded ordnance in an undisclosed village in Afghanistan. Air support arrived and dropped a MK-82 bomb on the hut harboring the hostile. Tragically, the 500-pound projectile did not explode and the enemy was not neutralized. The EOD technician was forced to improvise, ultimately dispatching the enemy threat. Unfortunately, to co more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Military Academy West Point, New York Lindsey Hatcher, Van Wert, Lincolnview High School Garrett Cook, Norwalk, St. Paul High School Connor Bender, Avon Lake, Saint Ignatius High School Sarah Connor, Avon, Avon High School William Sikora, Avon, Avon High School John Paul Gray, Findlay, Findlay High School Ashton Draga, Amherst, Marion L. Steele High School Charles Knight, Republic, Columbian High School Prince Tran, Lorain, Marion L. Steele H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:24-cv-00918; D. Utah, filed Dec. 11, 2024) involving First Equity Holdings Corp., Standard Registrar and Transfer Co. Inc., Chesapeake Group Inc., John S. Clayton, Daniel W. Jackson, Donald H. Perry, Clark M. Mower and Timothy J. Rieu: * * * On December 11, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Utah charging five individuals and three entities for their ro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $31,933,577 in federal funding to support the use of low carbon materials in federally funded construction projects statewide. Incorporating the use of low carbon materials in construction will help reduce pollution while supporting the conti more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that a federal judge has halted the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, finding that a legal challenge to the merger is likely to succeed on the merits. Kroger and Albertsons are the largest supermarket chains in the country, and the proposed merger presented a significant risk of reduced competition and higher food prices nationwide. In February 2024, Attorney General Br more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that former state employee Shanell Angelia West, 46, of Essex, Maryland, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for felony theft and insurance fraud. The charges stemmed from her actions during and after her 18-month employment with the Maryland Department of Labor. Judge Robert E. Cahill, Jr., of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County sentenced West to 15 years of incarce more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the launch of the Maryland Energy Administration's new program to expand the number of electric school buses in use across the state. As a key pillar of the governor's $90 million climate pledge, the program will help cut emissions that drive climate change and improve the health of Maryland's schoolkids. "Many communities are already seeing the consequences of climate change in their own backyard more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: * * * Findings could pave the way for more personalized treatments for cardiovascular disease * * * National Institute of Health (NIH) scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how "bad" cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol or LDL-C, builds up in the body. The researchers were able to show for the first time how the main structural protein of LDL binds to  more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 11 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news: Therapy produces growth factor that restores fetal weight without negative side effects An experimental gene therapy that boosts production of a growth factor in the placenta restores fetal weight in a guinea pig model of fetal growth restriction--a pregnancy complication that can lead to preterm birth and stillbirth. The study, funded by NIH's Eunice Kennedy more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news: Analysis of children's movements could play a role in identifying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) early, suggests a small study conducted by researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Using deep learning, artificial intelligence methods to analyze the path of arm movement (trajectories) during an o more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: In the summer of 2024, a robotic Argo float collected data on ocean temperature and salinity from a 10-day dive through the water column. This data profile of the ocean marked the three millionth collected by the global array of Argo floats over the past 25 years. NOAA is a leader in the international Argo Program, and through the Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, funds half of the global array. Data collecte more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WATCH: Padilla highlights immediate actions President Biden can take to protect long-term immigrants Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, joined his Senate Congressional Hispanic Caucus colleagues, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), immigration advocates, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients to call on President more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 11 -- The National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news: If anything in nature is a well-oiled machine, it's the cell. And if you pop open the hood of the cell, all those interlocking gears -- constantly revolving to make the cell tick -- are proteins. Let's say all the gears have square teeth, but on one gear, the teeth suddenly become round or longer. Does the machine come to a screeching halt? Changes in the DNA sequence (i.e., mutations) can alter a protein's shap more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Today, on Human Rights Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, welcomed the recipients of the State Department's Annual Human Rights Defender Award. Hosting a roundtable discussion alongside Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Dafna Rand, Chair Cardin celebrated the honorees' extraordinary courage and commitment to advancing human rights  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) hosted a press conference with Andrea Flores from FWD.us and Jose Cabrera, a TPS holder from El Salvador. The senators called on President Joe Biden to act quickly to protect TPS (Temporary Protected Status) and DACA recipients before the end of his term. "There are thousands of immigrant families from countries who clearly qualify for TPS th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Video of the press conference is available here. Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) hosted a press conference with Andrea Flores from FWD.us and Jose Cabrera, a TPS holder from El Salvador. The Senators called on President Joe Biden to act quickly to protect TPS (Temporary Protected Status) and DACA recipients before the end of his term. "I am proud to join Senator Cortez Masto and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Social Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from the Maryland Department of Human Services: * * * To: Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs Regulations and Reports Clearance Social Security Administration Re: Docket #SSA-2024-0038 * * * The Maryland Department of Human Services (Maryland DHS) welcomes the opportunity to provide detailed comments and actionable recommendations in response to the November 1, 2024, Request for Information on the use  more ST

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Five recipients pitched their businesses at the 2024 Entrepreneur Expo - one left with additional funding * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced the first five awardees for the new Concept Capital program. These candidates previously applied to either TEDCO's Rural Pre-Seed Fund or the Social Impact Funds and received a $25,000 investment from the new program with an opportunity to ob more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * 14 projects received grants to promote growth of Maryland's ecosystem and workforce development * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced the awardees for the first round of the new Equitech Growth Fund. A total of nearly $7 million will be distributed among the 14 projects located across Maryland. Of these awards, over $4.7 million will support six projects focusing on building Maryland more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued the following news release: * * * The EAC Commissioners also Unanimously Approve Appointment of Camden Kelliher as General Counsel * * * WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hosted a 2024 Post-Election Hearing at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Ballot Processing Center. During the livestreamed event, state and local election officials joined the EAC's Commissioners for in-depth discussions on lessons learne more PR