BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: A Winthrop man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to fraudulently obtaining a U.S. passport, and then using it to enter the United States from Istanbul, Turkey in 2021. Azem Gigo Zebic, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of use of a fraudulently obtained passport. U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Chanty Reynoso Vasquez, 28, of Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for Nov. 20, 2023. Reyno  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 29, 2023, entitled "Maine Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2023": * * * Maine had 43,000 job openings in April 2023, compared to 51,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Maine was 6.2   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 30 -- College Sports Communicators issued the following news: * * * Washington, Swadley, Kearney and Bennetts Highlight 2022-23 Academic All-America(R) Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams Four talented student-athletes highlight 2022-23 men's track & field/cross country Academic All-America(R) teams; Washington receives Team Member of the Year for NCAA Division I for the third-straight year * * * Four standouts headline a group of outstanding student-athletes named t  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10986) on the Eighteenth Amendment and National Prohibition, part 2, on June 26, 2023, by legislative attorney Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Eighteenth Amendment and National Prohibition, Part 2: The Colonial Era This Legal Sidebar post is the second in a seven-part series that discusses the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Prior to its repeal, the Eighteenth Amendment pro  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stratford Police Department Chief Joseph McNeil today announced that EDWARD JOHNSON, 31, of Stratford, has been charged by indictment with unlawfully distribut  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following joint statement on June 29, 2023, with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, D-Massachusetts: * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration, along with Massachusetts institutions of higher education leaders, civil rights advocates, other elected officials, and organizations dedicated to equity issued the following statement today regarding the United States Supreme Court's decision in two higher education admissions cases S  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Education issued the following joint statement with over 130 Massachusetts institutions of higher education, advocacy organizations and elected officials on June 29, 2023: * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration, along with Massachusetts institutions of higher education leaders, civil rights advocates, other elected officials, and organizations dedicated to equity issued the following statement today regarding the United   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Joe Albanese, a senior policy analyst at Paragon Health Institute, involving a hearing on June 22, 2023, entitled "MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors." MACRA is the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. * * * Thank you, Chairman Griffith and Ranking Member Castor, for t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 (TNSper) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey appointed Emme Handy, Aisha Miller, Carlos Aramayo, Meg Mainzer-Cohen, Sheena Collier, Gwill York, and Xiomara DeLobato to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) Board of Directors. The new appointees bring a range of experiences and are majority women and People of Color. Emme Handy, a senior leader at the Broad Institu  more

PORTLAND, Maine, June 30 (TNSawa) -- The Maine Medical Center issued the following news release: Maine Emergency Medical System for Children (Maine EMS-C) is recognizing Maine Medical Center (MMC) as the first hospital in Maine to achieve the "Maine Always Ready for Children" standards in assessing, treating and stabilizing pediatric medical and traumatic emergencies. MMC's Emergency Department met the standards at the highest possible level - Pediatric Innovator. Maine EMS-C Program Manager M  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 29 (TNSpp) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release and letter: The New England First Amendment Coalition and the Vermont Press Association recently urged the City of Barre Diversity and Equity Committee to allow members of the public to record meetings in compliance with state and federal law. During a June 8 public meeting of the committee, Vice Chair Ellen Kaye and Chair Joelen Mulvaney asked Barre city councilman Michae  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas that the University of New Hampshire will receive $650,000 to support nursing students who commit to working in rural or underserved communities. This gr  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSres)(TNStalk) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Science and Technology issued the following agency statement on June 29, 2023: * * * NOAA Fisheries is building upon its ongoing efforts to address climate change with new Climate Science Regional Action Plans focused on actions through 2024. * * * Climate change is putting our Nation's marine life-and the people who depend on it-at great risk. We are committed to working with partners to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 (TNSper) -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: The Boston Foundation today announced the appointment of four new members to the TBF Board of Directors, including Dimock Center CEO Dr. Charles Anderson, Boston Medical Center Vice President of Community Engagement and External Affairs Petrina Martin Cherry, MassBio CEO and President Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, and Curriculum Associates CEO Rob Waldron. Board Chair Linda Mason w  more