BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Deputy Director Paul Huang today toured Dominion Energy's wind turbine installation vessel Charybdis under construction at   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: A superseding indictment has been unsealed today, charging six additional individuals to the case first brought in November 2022, with conspiracy to transport stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, thieves steal catalytic converters from vehicles for the preciou  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 21 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: The House Judiciary Committee today passed gun violence prevention legislation sponsored by Representatives Tim Hernandez and Elisabeth Epps to prohibit the manufacture, import, purchase, or sale of assault weapons and rapid-fire trigger activators. HB24-1292 passed by a vote of 7-3. "The vast majority of Americans and over 80% of Democrats support an assault weapons ban and are fed   more

WEST TRENTON, New Jersey, March 21 -- The Delaware River Basin Commission issued the following news release: The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has released a new tool aimed at helping communities throughout our Basin understand extreme precipitation and empowering them to make informed planning and design decisions. Extreme rainfall events are increasing throughout the Delaware River Basin, research shows. These more extreme events exacerbate existing flooding and challenge stormwater  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In their brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, Raoul and the attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutiona  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 21 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/032024_Filed_US_Prince_State_Amicus_Brief.pdf) defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In its brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, the coalition asks the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 21 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In the brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, Attorney General Stein and 21 other attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that foun  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 21 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Office of Alternative and Community Responses, and the Office of Justice Data announced today the launch of a new comprehensive public dashboard (http://www.njoag.gov/arrivedata) for the Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program. Since December of 2021, there hav  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced today that a political campaign manager from Hunterdon County has been indicted after allegedly attempting to fraudulently place a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the 2021 race for New Jersey governor. The state grand jury in Trenton voted on March 12  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 21 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today signed landmark affordable housing legislation to support towns in meeting their affordable housing obligations, building on his administration's promise to create a stronger, fairer, and more affordable state for all New Jerseyans. The legislation develops a new system for municipalities to meet their Mount Laurel affordable housing obligations, repla  more

PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, March 21 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following remarks on March 20, 2024, during the signing of an affordable housing legislation: * * * Good morning, everyone. Let me thank Mayor Helmin Caba for that warm introduction, and for welcoming us to Perth Amboy. We are gathering, today, to celebrate a monumental piece of legislation that will make housing more affordable and more accessible for working families all across New Jersey. And I want to thank   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A Denver, Colorado, CEO was sentenced to 71 months in prison for conducting a securities scheme to fraudulently obtain $11 million from investors through various misrepresentations about fund operations, his background, and his contribution to the fund, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Samuel J. Mancini, 57, previously pleaded gui  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine as part of a drug-trafficking organization operating in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Iran Soler, 44, Philadelphia, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Chr  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 21 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: * * * Cedar Point Settles Federal Charges It Denied Seasonal Workers Aged 40 and Over Employee Housing Based on Age * * * Cedar Fair, L.P., doing business as Cedar Point, and Magnum Management Corporation, which own, operate, and staff the Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Point amusement park, will pay $50,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal   more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging three men with conspiring to transport stolen property interstate and money laundering. According to court documents, Jaime A. Perez-Hernandez, Jaime Perez-Ramirez, and Jesiel Perez-Hernandez conspired to purchase catalytic converters that were stolen from vehicles in Puerto Rico  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today identified the decedent and the officers involved in a fatal police-involved shooting, in which an officer was injured, on March 8, 2024 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The decedent has been identified as Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton. The officers from the Hamilton Township Police Department who fired their service weapons  more