HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Attorney General William Tong announced today that Florida-based ghost gun dealer Steel Fox Firearms will dissolve in a settlement with the State (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/Steel-Fox---Exec-Stip-Judg---32124.pdf) following the sale of illegal, untraceable ghost gun parts in Connecticut. Steel Fox has agreed to dissolve, surrender its inter  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the members of the Connecticut General Assembly for voting today in favor of approving a new three-year labor agreement reached between the Connecticut Personal Care Assistant Workforce Council and SEIU District 1199 New England regarding personal care assistants (PCAs). PCAs are workers who assist the elderly, persons with disabilities, and persons recovering  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office stated that Marvin Byrd, 29, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, between March and August of 2023. Byrd was arraigned on March 11, 2024 and is detained pending further proce  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following statements on March 25, 2024: * * * Governor Ned Lamont and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes released the following statements regarding today's announcement from the Biden administration on the expansion of tax incentives to support and stimulate more offshore wind projects: Governor Lamont said, "Connecticut appreciates the Biden administratio  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that almost 940,000 people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but face a May 17 deadline to submit their tax returns. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $932 for 2020, and  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, 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, AG Nessel and other attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circu  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 26 -- 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 Marvin Byrd, 29, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, between March and August of 2023. Byrd was arraigned on March 11, 2024 and is detained pending further proceedings. According to a criminal complaint fil  more