PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - May 2025": * * * Regional prices were up 0.1 percent in May, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report more PR

NEW YORK, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 12, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Maine - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in Maine's two largest counties, Cumberland and York, from December 2023 to December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that each of the two counties had an over-the-year more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule (Docket No. FAA-2025-0129; Airspace Docket No. 25-ANE-2) entitled "Establishment of Class E Airspace; Blue Hill, ME." This rule establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Blue Hill, Maine, specifically adding airspace for Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Heliport, located in Blue Hill, Maine. This action by the agency is necessary to ens more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden votes 'no' on president's recission package * WASHINGTON --Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today against the Recissions Act of 2025 (link is external), a proposal by President Donald Trump to claw back $9.4 billion in congressionally approved spending on foreign aid and the Corporations for Public Broadcasting (CPB). "Zeroing out CPB funding would undermine or even shut down independen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, New England Colleagues Urge Coast Guard to Delay Removal of Navigational Buoys * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Angus King and a bipartisan cohort of the New England Senate Delegation are urging the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to delay the removal of navigational buoys off the coast of New England so they can better engage with stakeholders and understand the impacts of the pr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Lead Senate Push Slamming Secretary Kennedy for Decision to Gut Nation's Vaccine Advisory Committee and Replace Them With Vaccine Skeptics * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led a group of 19 Senate colleagues in condemning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) S more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has issued an order allocating natural gas ratepayer funding for the fiscal year 2026 to support conservation programs (Docket No. 2025-00139). This action directs local natural gas distribution companies to pay assessed amounts directly to the Efficiency Maine Trust. On June 12, 2025, the Commission issued its order, setting the total allocation at $1,004,371.20 for the Trust's natural gas conservation efforts under its Sixth Trienni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has issued an order allocating electric ratepayer funding for conservation programs for fiscal year 2026 (Docket No. 2025-00139). This directive mandates transmission and distribution utilities to make payments directly to the Efficiency Maine Trust. On June 12, 2025, the Commission approved the Trust's request for $77,943,489 in electric procurement funds for FY 2026. This funding is part of the Trust's Sixth Triennial Plan, covering more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, King Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads * WASHINGTON, June 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescription drug advertising on television, radio, print, digital platforms and  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, King Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads WASHINGTON, June 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescriptio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce USS Gravely to Visit Eastport for Fourth of July Celebration * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Eastport will receive a port visit during the city's 2025 Fourth of July celebration. The U.S. Navy has committed to sending the guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107), which has a crew complement of approximately more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce USS Gravely to Visit Eastport for Fourth of July Celebrationbl * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Eastport will receive a port visit during the city's 2025 Fourth of July celebration. The U.S. Navy has committed to sending the guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107), which has a crew complement of approximatel more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Pingree Rips into GOP Agriculture Appropriations Bill for Failing to Deliver on Health, Food Security, and Farm Resilience * Today in the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Senior Appropriator Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called out the Trump Administration's hypocrisy, touting a "Make America more PR