NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that JAMIE PETRONE, 42, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, formerly of   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: House prices rose nationwide in January, up 1.6 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI(R)). House prices rose 18.2 percent from January 2021 to January 2022. The previously reported 1.2 percent price change for December 2021 was revised upward to a 1.3 percent price change. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted month  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: A former employee of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to receiving illegal gratuity. Kevin Richards, 51, of Hanover, pleaded guilty to one count of receiving an illegal gratuity as a public official and two counts of making false statements to a federal agency. U.S. Chief Di  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSPol) -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: A bill in Florida that prohibits discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade public school classrooms has been signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. In an editorial for the New England Board of Higher Education, President Sonya Stephens said this bill, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is "less about protecting students than it is about cynically fuelin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSPol) -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: A Massachusetts woman filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows private investors to confiscate the equity that homeowners have built in their properties. Between 2014 and 2020, Massachusetts law allowed the taking of an estimated $37 million (https://pacificlegal.org/home-equity-theft-in-massachusetts/) in equity above what these homeowners owed in property tax debt. After sh  more