HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly for their consideration a new three-year agreement reached between the Connecticut Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Workforce Council and SEIU District 1199 New England. "This historic agreement shows our commitment to address the worker shortages experienced by some of Co  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMARI LEWIS, 25, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl pills. According to court documents and st  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: D'ANDRE BURRUS, also known as "Dopeman," 30, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a racketeering offense stemming from his participation in the 960 gang, a violent Waterbury street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Maureen T. Plat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today awarded more than $199,000 in grants to three coalitions of non-profit environmental organizations to support the testing of water quality in rivers, lakes and ponds, and coastal resources in eastern Massachusetts, the Connecticut River Watershed and Cape Cod. The Water Quality Monitoring Grant is administered by   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that, on March 4, 2024, Rafael Ortiz, 47, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to 110 months in prison and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine base and possession of a firearm   more