VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Miller Morgan, public affairs specialist The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently completed field trials in Massachusetts and Connecticut, using germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C) to sustainably suppress and potentially eradicate cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) without using chemicals or  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2023: Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced the Civic Summit, an event focused on uniting neighbors, civic leaders, and non-profit advocates in a dynamic forum featuring panels with local leaders and advocates. The Civic Summit, organized for the first time by the Mayor's Office of Civic Organizing, will be held Saturday, January 13, at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground at Boston University.   more

OAKLAND, California, Dec. 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Bonta joined a bipartisan multistate coalition of attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending states' rights to enforce state consumer financial protection laws against both state and national banks. In the brief filed in Cantero v. Bank of America, the coalition urges the Supreme Court to overturn a Second Circuit Court of Appeals dec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Bevins & Son Inc. allegedly harassed employee after recovery of wages, damages * * * In a complaint filed in Vermont federal court, the U.S. Department of Labor has alleged that a Milton excavation company retaliated against an employee in social media posts after the company's workers received back wages and damages in 2023, resulting from an investigation into the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has announced the renewal of the AGO's Residential Energy Assistance Grant (REAG) program, which will make available through a Request for Proposals process, $1.1 million to public and nonprofit entities to help Massachusetts residents pay or lower their heating bills. "Every winter countless families sacrifice other needs to pay their hea  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 19 Attorneys General urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm that the Fearless Foundation, a private charity that provides grants, training, and mentorship to individuals and companies that have been historically denied access to capital and precluded from full participation in social and   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has indicted four individuals for their alleged roles in a sweeping, multi-state burglary ring that primarily targeted residents of Asian descent, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. The indictment alleges that members of the conspiracy: Mohammed Islam, 29, of Stamford, CT; Jorge Andres Cardenas Murillo, 30, of College Poin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Boston man pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2023 in federal court in Worcester to his role in a nationwide large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy and for distribution of large quantities of fentanyl. Francis Jose Perez-Baez, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, distribution a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2023: The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc. (SEMC); Steward Medical Group, Inc. (SMG); and Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) alleging that they violated the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly referred to as the "Stark Law") and submitted and  more