WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on Monday in Connecticut to meet with business and labor leaders and elected officials on the importance of strengthening America's workforce development infrastructure through investments in the American Jobs Plan. Raimondo and Walsh started the day with a tour of General Dynamics-Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut to   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRUNO DiFABIO, 51, of Ridgefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal tax offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, D  more

EAST WINDSOR, Connecticut, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: On Friday, April 30, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally de-proposed five Superfund sites from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Broad Brook Mill Site located in East Windsor, Conn., proposed to the NPL in 2000, was among the de-proposed sites. All five of the sites meet EPA's de-proposal guidance, meaning the cleanup goals have been  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release: President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wednesday, May 19, 2021. This will be the second time President Biden has addressed a graduating class at the Academy, the first was as Vice-President in 2013. "We are honored to host the Commander-in-Chief as we celebrate the accompl  more