PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 13 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Richard B. Myrus, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: A Brooklyn, NY, businessman who admitted to arranging the manufacture of counterfeit clothing, apparel, and gear, in China and Pakistan, that was shipped to wholesalers for distribution in the United States, including to the United States military, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $15,000 fin  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The state of Maine received a grant totaling nearly $1 million from FEMA, awarded to help reimburse expenses associated with the set up and operation of a COVID-19 community vaccination center. Since January of 2020, COVID-19 created an immediate threat to the health and safety of the general public requiring emergency response and protective measures. The g  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded $9.44 million in funding for 19 Agricultural Workforce Training grants(link is external), and 12 awards(link is external) totaling $4.88 million for rural economic development projects. These grants are part of NIFA's Agriculture and Food Resear  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 9 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that 401 Tech Bridge has received $724,674 from the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. The SPRINT Challenge was created last year by the CARES Act with the aim of harnessing America's  more