NEW YORK, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on May 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines) launched a new product, Mortgage Rate Relief, which will provide $25 million in grant funds to those seeking affordable homeownership. This product is designed to make homeownership attainable for borrowers at or below 80% of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) Underserved Areas Da  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Farmers are feeling anxious as the multi  more

AMES, Iowa, May 7 -- The Iowa Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for funding through the Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund (LRTF). Cities, counties, and organizations with a statewide focus may apply for the funds designed to enhance vegetation on Iowa's roadsides. Applications for fiscal year 2025 funding are due by 4 p.m. June 1, 2024. The LRTF's funding guidelines and requirements are updated for e  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on May 6, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration releasing revised Title IX rules: "By attempting to redefine sex to include gender identity and sexual orientation in Title IX, President Biden is marginalizing girls and women. "There are undeniable and important biological differences between males and females. It's a fact that cannot be denied,  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service today reminded the 1 million people who didn't file their tax year 2020 returns they may be eligible for a refund if they file by the May 17 deadline. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The state-by-state table below shows how many people are pot  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the distribution of $62.15 million in Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grants to historic preservation offices in states, territories, the District of Columbia, and partnering nations, and $23 million to Tribal historic preservation offices. "The National Park Service is proud to support our state, Tribal, a  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will meet at 9:30 a.m., on May 9, at 6200 Park Ave., Suite 200, Pine Lake Conference Room, in Des Moines. The Iowa DNR has moved its offices from the Wallace State Office Building on the Capitol Complex, to 6200 Park Ave., Suite 200, on the western edge of Des Moines. Visitor's will check in at the main en  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that nearly 18,000 Pennsylvania students who attended The Art Institute between 2004 and 2017 will receive discharges of loan balances -- as part of a recent federal action to discharge more than $6 billion in student loan debt nationwide. Altogether, the federal action involves more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to nearly 317  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Cedar Falls office manager who stole approximately $250,000 in a two-year period was sentenced on May 2, 2024, to over two years in federal prison. Teresa Mae Chiappone, formerly known as Teresa Mae Combs, Teresa Mae Hughes, and Teresa Mae King, age 57, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 19, 2023 guilty plea to one count of wire fraud.   more