PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - March 2025": * * * Regional prices were unchanged in March, up 3.2 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region was unchanged in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Food prices edged up 0.4 percent while the all more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria - March 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the two months, up 2.4 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in March 2025, the U.S. Bure more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.1 percent in March, 3.8 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area ticked up 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Bresnahan Urges FEMA to Reinstate BRIC Program WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) sent a letter to Cameron Hamilton, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), following the agency's announcement to cancel the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. "I am writing to express my opposition to FEMA's recent announcement it would cance more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Steil Leads Debate and Delivers Floor Remarks on the SAVE Act WASHINGTON - Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) led today's debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and delivered remarks on the House floor. Chairman Steil's full floor remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Jordan, Grassley, Fitzgerald, and Lee Demand Information from Ivy League Schools on Potential Collusion in Tuition Pricing WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), and Chairman of the Senate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Announces $50,000 Federal Grant to Reserve Township for New Technology Equipment & Training CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that $50,000 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funds will be awarded to Reserve Township. The grant will help modernize Township government by purchasing new technology supplies and equipment and providing training to Township staff. Reserve Township is provid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 10, 2025 AIR FORCE STS Government Solutions LLC, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $99,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 System Program Office integration engineering support. This contract provides for engineering, technical, and logistical, manpower support and technical data required to perform the organic integration activities. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and is expected t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Statement on House Passage of Republican Budget President Trump and Republicans in Congress are already starting trade wars and driving up costs for people. Now, their budget would pillage our government and target peoples' healthcare--all to gift $7 billion in tax giveaways to huge corporations and billionaires. It's a cruel, fiscally reckless grift. I voted 'no.' *** Original text here: https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-relea more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Votes No on Extreme Anti-Voter Republican Bill to Strip Voter Registration Rights from Millions of Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former voting rights attorney Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted no on the Republican anti-voter bill up for a vote in the House of Representatives today. If passed into law, the Republican SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of eligible American citizens and create unnecessary administrative burdens more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 24, 2025, from Utility Water Act Group. Here is the cover letter: * * * To: Mr. Adrian Hanley Engineering and Analysis Division Office of Water (4303T) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 hanley.adrian@epa.gov Re: Comments of UWAG on Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22 for the Analysis of Contaminants in Effluent, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328 Dea more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the receipt of multiple permit applications to conduct scientific activities intended to support the recovery of endangered and threatened species across several U.S. states. In a notice published April 11, 2025, in the Federal Register, the agency invited feedback from the public, as well as local, State, Tribal, and Federal stakeholders, regarding proposed actions that include surveys, research, translocations, and propagation of federally  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Federal Trade Commission has released the following public communication dated March 25, 2025, from the Amherst Group LLC, Austin, Texas: * * * To: Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC- 5610 (Annex H) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Request for Public Comment on SFR Housing Study, P251200 * * * The Amherst Group LLC ("Amherst") appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC's" or "the agency's") January 24, 2025 Request for Public Comme more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Federal Trade Commission has released the following 14-page public communication dated March 24, 2025, from David Howard, CEO of the National Rental Home Council. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex H) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Comments on the Request for Public Comment for SFR Housing Study, P251200 * * * Dear Secretary Tabor: The National Rental Home Council ("NRHC") submits these comments in response to the Federa more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Jordan, Lee and Fitzgerald Launch Bicameral Investigation into Potential Ivy League Tuition Pricing Collusion WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are inspecting the tuition pricing practices of Ivy League member institutions. The chairmen are joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Pol more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Jordan, Lee and Fitzgerald Launch Bicameral Investigation into Potential Ivy League Tuition Pricing Collusion WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are inspecting the tuition pricing practices of Ivy League member institutions. The chairmen are joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. House of Representatives conducted 27 committee hearings on April 9, 2025: * * * AMERICAN INNOVATION AND THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS: ON-CHAIN TOOLS FOR AN OFF-CHAIN WORLD Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held a hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World". Testimony was heard from public witnesses. * * * MEMBER DAY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Securi more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Schakowsky, Espaillat, Panetta Introduce Legislation to Protect Immigrant Survivors of Violence WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today introduced the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (WISE) Act to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and gender-based violence. The bill would ensure that immigrants more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly backs House budget resolution, paves way for border security funding, lower taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, voted in favor of the House budget resolution, which formally establishes the budgetary framework for fiscal year 2025 and sets appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026-2036. The resolution serves as a framework for House Republicans to advanc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly votes for SAVE Act, prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) voted in favor of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (link is external), legislation that would uphold and strengthen current law by permitting only U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections. The bill passed the U.S. House on Thursday and now advances to the U.S. Senate. "This legislation ma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Larson reintroduce Neighborhood Homes Investment Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax and John Larson (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Social Security Subcommittee, reintroduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act. This bipartisan legislation creates a new tax incentive to build and preserve more than 500,000 affordable, single-family homes for homeowners more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Lee, Booker, Blumenthal, Bonamici Urge DOE, OCR to Rescind Guidance on Inclusive Classrooms **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 10, 2025 -- Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), led their colleges in writing a letter to Secret more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has opened a public comment period for the proposed listing of several historic sites in the National Register of Historic Places. The pending nominations, submitted before March 29, 2025, span communities in Washington, D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Nevada, Oregon, and Indiana, and represent a wide spectrum of the nation's architectural, cultural, and social history. Among the nominations is the John Joseph Earley House on Lamo more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued the following news on April 10, 2025: * * * Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $12 Million to Ensure That 29 Farms, 3,187 Prime Farmland Acres in 17 Counties Stay Farms Forever Farms were permanently preserved in Adams, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland, Fayette, Franklin, Lawrence, Lebanon, Mercer, Montgomery, Northampton, Potter, Schuylkill, and York counties. Harrisburg, PA - The Shapiro Administration announced today that Pennsylvania is  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Auditor General DeFoor Presents Bodine High School with a 'Be Money $mart' Financial Literacy Commendation PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today presented Bodine High School for International Affairs and teacher Aaron Greberman with a 'Be Money $mart' commendation for their work to integrate financial literacy education into its curriculum. "One of the keys to Pennsylvania's futur more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Auditor General DeFoor: Free Library of Philadelphia Offers Resources, Programs to Help Philadelphians 'Be Money $mart' PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today highlighted the Free Library of Philadelphia's efforts to provide financial literacy education and other developmental programs to the community as part of his statewide 'Be Money $mart' tour for Financial Literacy Month. "Fi more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro at the Port of Philadelphia: New Tariffs Causing Chaos, Uncertainty, and Higher Prices for Pennsylvania Consumers and Businesses Governor Shapiro visited the Port of Philadelphia -- the largest port in the U.S. for imported fruit and a major gateway for goods entering the country, supporting 12,000 jobs locally and 66,000 maritime jobs statewide -- to highlight his Administration's commitment to more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Shapiro Challenges Trump Administration's Unlawful Decision to Revoke $185 Million Owed to 116 Pennsylvania School Districts and Education Entities The Trump Administration abruptly revoked $185 million in Congressionally-appropriated federal funding for the Pennsylvania Department of Education Cuts threaten critical initiatives to help students learn, including funding for school ventilation systems, additional classro more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * PUC Approves Aqua PA's Lead Service Line Replacement Plan Aqua Replacing up to 1,500 Customer-Owned Lead Service Lines per Year HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved a Joint Petition of Settlement (Settlement) for the Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Program of Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. (Aqua). The Commission voted 5-0 to adopt the recommended decision issued Mar more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * PUC Approves Expansion of Duquesne Light "Time of Use" Rate Action Advances Broader Statewide Strategy to Manage Energy Demand, Support Grid Reliability and Help Consumers Control Energy Costs HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved an updated proposal from Duquesne Light Company that significantly expands the utility's "Time of Use" (TOU) rate pilot program -- makin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I spent the weekend listening to my constituents, and it damn near broke me. I heard from seniors worried about Musk's attacks on Social Security and Medicaid, small businesses confronting bankruptcy from Trump's tariffs, and parents seeing their college and retirement savings wiped out. I  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Flood & Pettersen Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced the Housing Supply Frameworks Act. This bill directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop frameworks for best practices on zoning and land-use policies. The legislation also provides local and state governments with the necessar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lee, Kim Introduce Bill to End Legacy Admissions at Colleges and Universities **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov Text of Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 10, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, a bipartisan bill that seeks to end higher education in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I must object to the Senate proceeding to the nomination of Sean Plankey of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security. Since July 2022, I have repeatedly urged CISA to release an important, unclassified report by independent cybersecurity experts that the Agency commissioned, titled "U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity 2022." Congress and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 13 committee hearings on April 9, 2025: * * * DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded open and closed hearings to examine United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General William J. Hartman, USA, Acting Commander, United States Cyber Command, Acting Director, National S more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Crapo, Blunt Rochester, Fetterman and Tillis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act. The lack of affordable housing is the top issue Idahoans bring up to Senator Crapo in meetings across the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission has released a comprehensive list of projects approved for consumptive water use in March 2025, with over 50 approvals granted to energy companies, golf clubs, and other operators across Pennsylvania. The projects fall under the Commission's "Approval by Rule" process as authorized by 18 CFR 806.22(e) and (f), and involve both new and renewed permits for water withdrawal, primarily for hydraulic fracturing operations. The bulk of the approvals are renewals for existing en more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Outlining One Big, Beautiful Bill to Pass President Trump's Agenda and Deliver for Americans In the reconciliation process, there are two main steps: 1) passing the budget resolution that unlocks the committees' ability to develop legislation that meets certain objectives, and 2) implementing reconciliation legislation. T more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has released the following public communication dated March 24, 2025, from TechNet: * * * To: U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 1420 New York Avenue NW, Suite 825 Washington, D.C. 20005 Re: TechNet's Comments on "Trade and National Security Actions and Low Value Shipments" (Docket No. USCBP-2025-0003) * * * To Whom It May Concern: TechNet appreciates t more ST