NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that EAN JAMES, D.M.D., has entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which he will pay more than $148,000 to resolve allegations that he caused over payments to be paid by the Connecticut Medicaid Program. James is an oral and m  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following public notice: The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) has announced the activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) in response to the impact of TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS in Connecticut. DIRS is a voluntary, web-based system that communications providers, including wireless, wireline, broadcast, cable and Voice over Internet Protoc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Connecticut to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on Aug. 4, 2020. Federal funding is available to the state, the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, eligible local governm  more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Doctoral student Marco Echeverria is spending his second summer conducting research for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), but this year his summer experience is taking place at a distance -- from his home in Connecticut. Echeverria is one of hundreds of LLNL summer students who needed to shift to a virtual internship or fellowship due to the pa  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: We are pleased to present the New England Berries, Tree Fruit, and Grapes Report for crops produced in 2019. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Northeast Regional Field Office collects, analyzes, and estimates fruit crop prices and yields at the request of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Funding was pro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of Connecticut and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster  more