WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * AFTER HIS ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES TOWN OF PLATTSBURGH ADDED TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN PROGRAM--OPENING UP NEW FEDERAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AT FORMER AIR FORCE BASE--AND LAUNCHES... * Town Of Plattsburgh To Receive Fed Support After Schumer Brought US Army Corps Of Engineers To Meet With Town About How To Deal With Critical Infrastructure Left From The Former Air Force Base Following Schumer' more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Calls for Monitoring Microplastics in Drinking Water * RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require monitoring of microplastics in North Carolinians' drinking water by adding microplastics to its Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. "No one should have to worry about whether the water they're drinking is clean and safe," more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Vermont First Quarter 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - Sept. 4, 2026 * * * Employment declined 1.8 percent in Chittenden, the only large county in Vermont, from March 2025 to March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Vermont employment decreased 1.0 percent over the year to 304,200 in March 2026, as measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. (See table 1.) Regional Commiss more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Denounces President Trump's Continued Denial of Disaster Relief for Massachusetts Communities * BOSTON -Governor Maura Healey is today denouncing President Donald Trump for yet again denying disaster relief for Massachusetts communities recovering from the February 2026 blizzard, which was one of the worst winter storms the state has seen in decades. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) previously denied  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Delegation Submits Items for Congressional Time Capsule in Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary * In honor of America's 250th anniversary, this summer, the full Maryland Congressional Delegation - U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all Md.) - submitted a Fort McH more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Mfume, Maryland Delegation Submits Items for Congressional Time Capsule in Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary * WASHINGTON, DC -In honor of America's 250th anniversary, this summer, the full Maryland Congressional Delegation - Congressman Kweisi Mfume, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Andy Harris, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski ( more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Researchers tune into Arctic under-ice sounds and test through-ice communication * Beneath the Arctic Ocean is an orchestra featuring natural and human composers, from cracking sea ice and whistling beluga whales to humming shipping-vessel engines. Researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory heard some of this cacophony when analyzing data from commercial off-the-shelf sensors that they integrated and deployed in 2024 during the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 8/28/2026-9/4/2026 * Condemning ICE's Abuse of Power & Harmful Tactics in Connecticut [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, held a public forum to receive testimony from the Danbury community about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s destructive and indiscriminate detentions last week. Prior to the forum, B more PR