HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/Texas-v-Biden-Amicus-Brief-Filed.pdf) supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021,  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Attorney General William Tong filed an enforcement action (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/DEEP-v-UI---Final-Complaint.pdf) today against United Illuminating over the company's longstanding failure to remediate contamination at the defunct English Station power plant in New Haven. Today's action, taken on behalf of the Department of Energy and Env  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today joined a coalition of 22 governors from states across the U.S. in filing an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-235/279230/20230908165000535_USFDA%20et%20al.%20v.%20Alliance%20for%20Hippocratic%20Medicine%20  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is awarding more than $9 million in state grants for transportation infrastructure and safety upgrades in ten rural communities throughout Connecticut. The grants are being released through the Transportation Rural Improvement Program (  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today announced that it is seeking Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for Connecticut's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. The Connecticut NEVI Plan (https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/Sustainability-and-Resiliency/NEVI-Home-Page) has identified 12 priority zones (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documen  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is awarding more than $9 million in state grants for transportation infrastructure and safety upgrades in ten rural communities throughout Connecticut. The grants are being released through the Transportation Rural Improvem  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORTEXIS RAMOS, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. According to court doc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 43, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to narcotics distribution offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, this investigation began after an   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Boston Division, Acting Special Agent in Charge David Meisenheimer of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Washington D.C. Field Office, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Gust of the Tr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey and 21 Governors who make up the Reproductive Freedom Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court in the case of Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The Governors argue that, if the Court allows a recent Fifth Circuit decision to stand, it could undermine their ability to p  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 31 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the final rule  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 43, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to narcotics distribution offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, this invest  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (TNSper) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Eben Allen as the new resident inspector at Seabrook Station in Seabrook, New Hampshire. He joins NRC Senior Resident Inspector Travis Daun at the plant, which is operated by NextEra Energy. Allen joined the agency in 2013 as a project manager for spent fuels in the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, and later worke  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, David, for that introduction, and thank you to all of you for inviting me here today. My name is Wally Adeyemo, and I serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. I'm excited to join you all today for a conversation about how we can help recipients of the American Rescue Plan's State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) invest in their workfo  more