PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2025, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - December 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of L more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2025, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - December 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.7 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2024, the U.S. Bureau  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025 ARMY ITC Defense Corp.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded an $82,384,032 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for programmatic support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2030. Army Contracting Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025 ARMY ITC Defense Corp.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded an $82,384,032 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for programmatic support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2030. Army Contracting Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 7, 2025 NAVY Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded a $167,383,203 firm fixed priced contract for production of 40 MT7 turboshaft engines, ancillary parts, installation kits, and a portable test tool inspection in support of the Ship to Shore Connector Program, Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), 100 Class craft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would brin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Schneider, Olszewski Introduce Bill To Reduce Gun Violence From Stolen Firearms February 06, 2025 The SECURE Firearm Storage Act would require more effective secure storage measures for firearms WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-2)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Jan. 22, 2025, from the Oregon Department of Education: * * * To: U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear U.S. Department of Education, The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) would like to thank the U.S. Department of Education (USED) for the opportunity to comment on the OMB EDFacts package for the School Years 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 3, 2025, from the Parenteral Drug Association, Bethesda, Maryland: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff(HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Reference: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-4821-0002 for "Food and Drug Administration's Best Practices for Food and Drug Administration Communication with I more ST

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCSW Wins People's Choice Award at 2024... By JANINA LAMOGLIA Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) received the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) for its presentation on cold spray technology, a repair process designed to restore corroded and damaged naval aircraft components. The competition, held during the Department of Defense Main more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: Yesterday, The Washington Post published an op-ed exposing how Democrats long championed merging the United States Agency for International Development with the State Department before their hypocritical U-turn. Marc A. Thiessen writes for the Post: "Shuttering USAID is not some evil MAGA plot. In fact, it was first proposed by a Democrat -- Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement on January Jobs Report WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the January jobs report: "The jobs report released this morning revealed that 143,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January. That means the American labor market grew every single month President Joe Biden held office. Additionally, the unemployment rate t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Baltimore arrests Salvadoran MS-13 member with weapons conviction in Maryland BALTIMORE -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a Salvadoran alien convicted of possession of a loaded handgun when officers with arrested German Ronal Del Cid Carranza, 33, Feb. 4, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Del Cid is a validated MS-13 gang member. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has released the following public communication dated Jan. 16, 2025, from Disability Rights Texas, Austin: * * * To: Daniel Navarrete Director Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation Wage and Hour Division (WHD) U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW Room S-3502 Washington, DC 20210 RE: Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Regul more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has released the following public communication dated Jan. 15, 2025, from the National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland: * * * To: Jessica Looman Administrator Wage and Hour Division United States Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20210 RE: Employment of Workers with Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, RIN 1235-AA14 * * * Dear Administrator Lo more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has released the following public communication dated Jan. 16, 2025, from the National Women's Law Center: * * * To: Daniel Navarrete Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation Wage & Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-3502 Washington, DC 20210 Re: Comments in Support of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, RIN 1235-AA14, Employment of Workers with Disabiliti more ST

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 8 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Maryland DNR Introduces Commercial Blue Catfish Pilot Programs Initiatives will trial ideas aimed at increasing invasive catfish removals in the Chesapeake Bay The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is launching two pilot programs in coordination with its Invasive Catfish Advisory Committee aimed at curbing the spread of blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributari more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler, Chu Reintroduce Legislation to Make Polluters Pay for Fueling Climate Crisis Today, Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Judy Chu (D-CA) reintroduced the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, legislation to require the biggest polluters to begin paying their fair share to confront the climate crisis. The Members' legislation requires the largest U.S.-based fossil fuel extractors and oil refine more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Newhouse Strengthens Market Access for Farmers in Bipartisan Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025 to increase funding to the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development Program (FMD) and help American farmers compete in global markets. "Farmers in Central Washington, and across the country, rely on st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Pentagon Officials Examine Damage at Walter Reed, Pledge Resources Needed to Fix Infrastructure Problems Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance due to underfunding in recent years led to flooding last month at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. High waters and loss of steam pressure impacted the capacity of services delivered, but the ability to deliver the hospital' more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * Lawmakers urge DOJ and OGE to enforce federal laws relevant to Musk's status as a Special Government Employee * * * Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led 10 colleagues in urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Denounces Attempts to Shut Down the Department of Education Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) joined her colleagues in front of the Department of Education to call out Trump and Musk's intention to defund and close the department. Members of Congress demanded to speak to the acting secretary and conduct oversight of the department but were denied entry. View the speech here.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Olszewski led similar legislation to passage in Baltimore County and Maryland * * * Congressman Johnny Olszewski today introduced common sense public safety legislation aimed at keeping stolen guns off our streets by requiring federally-licensed gun dealers (FFL) to better secure their inventory during off-hours. The SECURE Firearm Storage Act is nearly identical to bipartisan legislation passed more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senate Passes Resolution to Remember the Victims of DCA Plane Crash WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to honor and remember the victims of the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and U.S. Army Aviation Brigade Priority Air Transport 25 on Janua more PR