NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN R. FULLER, 37, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a mail theft offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, Fuller, while employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a mail  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charges Property Management Companies With Revoking Job Offer From Woman With Breast Cancer * * * Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a new hire with a disability and subsequentl  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news release: How are businesses doing currently across the Ninth District, and how do they feel about the near future? Our Regional Outreach team recently surveyed businesses across the Ninth District to gauge current economic activity and the near-term outlook of firms in different sectors. Join Regional Outreach Director Ron Wirtz for a free webinar discussing the latest results from a January su  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 17 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to protect babies and young children nationwide from lead and other toxic metals in baby food. In a letter, AG Nessel and the coalition urged the FDA to act on their October 2021 petition (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/nyoag_e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions  more