BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $199,433 in back wages for 37 workers after finding a Lawrence construction subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits to employees working on a federally funded project at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Providence, Rhode Island. The department's Wage and Hour Division investigation found S  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Rhode Island to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding on Jan. 9-13, 2024. The president's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Kent, Providence and Washington counties. Federal fun  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Rhode Island to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding on Dec. 17-19, 2023. The president's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Kent, Providence and Washington counties. Federal f  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Stoughton man has pleaded guilty to managing a large-scale drug trafficking organization (DTO) that shipped dozens of parcels containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses throughout Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Patrick Joseph, 41, pleaded guilty on March 14, 2024 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to dist  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Understanding how efficiently our survey gear captures bottom-dwelling species is a key improvement. * * * A collaborative study conducted aboard a Rhode Island-based commercial trawler from 2015 to 2017 is bearing fruit. It was led by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and commercial fishermen interested in how catches of the  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Rhode Island and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from January 9 to January 13, 2024. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Kent, Providence, and Washi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Pawtucket man described in court documents as being a "seasoned drug dealer" who previously served eight different jail sentences for selling drugs was sentenced today to six years in federal prison, having been convicted most recently of selling thousands of fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Gary Doran, a/k/a "G-Baby," 36,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Providence, R.I. man has plead guilty to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Rafael Cesar Cabreja Jimenez, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possessi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4493) on March 15, 2024: * * * On March 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island entered a final judgment against Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.'s former division-level finance director, Imran Parekh, in a case the Commission previously filed alleging improper accounting practices. Evoqua is based in Pennsylvania and has a major divisio  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 22 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted Strait of Denial: Exploring Alternatives for Maritime Statecraft towards China, a symposium focused on integrated deterrence and the United States-People's Republic of China (U.S.-PRC) great power competition at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, CA, March 19-20. The event brought together members of the NWC and NPS community as well as representatives from vari  more