BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dajuan Williams, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in the United States District Court on January 4, 2024, following his guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering charges described in counts 1 and 4 of the October 5, 2021 superse  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. - A Concord man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Ethan Lea, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 72 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. On April 14, 2  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Connecticut will receive federal funding to purchase 50 electric school buses for two school districts as the Biden administration continues rolling out its infrastructure plans. A Connecticut-based bus company is one of 67 recipients to receive an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition, which aims to improve air quality for students and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Connecticut and Massachusetts are set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. The City of Boston and DATTCO, Inc. have been selected to receive over $53.3 million in total. The awards, which w  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A Maine man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Douglas Morris, 33, of Bangor, Maine, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12.5 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In August 2023, Morris pl  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2024: On Tuesday, Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, introduced a bill to invest in Maine's comprehensive sexual education curriculum. LD 254, "An Act to Update the Sex Education and Consent Curriculum," had a public hearing before the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. "Having worked as a peer sex educator in high school and college, I have been passionate about this subject for a w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: Today, the Biden administration repealed the most harmful aspects of the Trump administration's "Refusal of Care" rule. The Trump Refusal of Care Rule would have granted individuals and institutions the ability to deny patients' care based on personal and religious beliefs and threatened to limit access to critical health care services, including abortion care. The Trump Refusal of Care Ru  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: The NFL's Super Wild Card Weekend kicks off this Saturday, Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock with a special 90-minute edition of Football Night in America, which leads into a milestone-rich playoff weekend for NBCUniversal. Among the distinctions for NBCUniversal: -NBCU will be the first media company to serve as the home of three NFL Playoff Games in a single weekend (Saturday  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced on Jan. 5, 2024 in federal court in Springfield for drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Chanty Reynoso Vasquez, 28, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to two years in prison. In July 2023, Reynoso Vasquez pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * Today, the Biden-Harris administration finalized their rule rescinding most parts of the Trump administration's "refusal of care rule," which would have endangered patients by allowing health care workers -- including physicians, nurses, receptionists, EMTs, and call center staff -- to deny information and care to those who needed it without even a referral. Statement from  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Providence, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $444,282 in federal funding for the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Rhode Island's only Native-led museum. The grant, administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support the construction of a new permanent home for Tomaquag Museum at the University of Rhod  more