WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the Justice Department is adding three new cities to its Criminal Division's Violent Crime Initiative (VCI), building on the successful model launched in Houston, Texas, in September 2022, and expanded to Memphis, Tennessee, in November 2023. The VCI surges law enforcement tools and resources to target gangs and other violent groups   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * Thanks everyone. Thanks Eddie. Eddie, if getting a call from my chief of staff bring up the Wu-Tang Clan -- what does a call ... what image does a call from me bring up? You can tell me afterwards. Chicago is also my hometown, and it's great to be here. Almost three years ago, when I had be  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker is pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Jenkins was appointed to the role of Chief Turnaround Officer by the State Board of Education at its April 3, 2024, meeting. Dr. Jenkins will spearhead efforts to identify, develop, and implement a range of intervention, transformation, support, and accountability strategies for sch  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and the members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are applauding an announcement made today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $5 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created under President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, is being awarded to the Coalition for Green Capital, a consortium of organizations f  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New England, Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service,  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Dominican national convicted of a felony drug charge in Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston's Hartford suboffice arrested the 32-year-old Dominican national near his residence in Waterbury, Connecticut, March 12. The arrest of the Dominica  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending April 4, 2024: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 221,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 210,000 to 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 214,250, an increase of 2  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene yesterday to defend the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) Final Rule on climate-related disclosures for investors. The SEC's Final Rule provides investors with standardized, material information about climate-related risks. These disclosur  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57056) involving Clean Earth of Connecticut, Plainville: * * * Rep Org: Clean Earth of Connecticut Licensee: Clean Earth of Connecticut Region: 1 City: Plainville State: CT License #: 0921 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Stephanie Lewis HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 03/27/2024 Notification Time: 14:10 [ET] Event Date: 03/18/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Upd  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57056) involving Clean Earth of Connecticut, Plainville: * * * Rep Org: Clean Earth of Connecticut Licensee: Clean Earth of Connecticut Region: 1 City: Plainville State: CT License #: 0921 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Stephanie Lewis HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 03/27/2024 Notification Time: 14:10 [ET] Event Date: 03/18/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Upd  more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on April 4, 2024, with Tarsha Jones and Wayne Mayo of 94.7 the Block's Jonesy in the Morning: * * * Tarsha Jones: I heard you skipped up the block and went and had breakfast. You was on that damn Breakfast Club. I told you about them people. See, I have created. For those of you that don't know, this is Mayor Eric Adams, the honorable mayor of New York City. I have created a very safe environmen  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news on April 4, 2024: NEWPORT, R.I. - Two Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employees in the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department recently received a Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Team Excellence Award for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, as members of the Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW DSS) Prevention of Mutual Interference (PMI) team. Nath  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 4, 2024: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy During his State of the Union Address, President Biden made clear that he will always stand up for America's seniors and stand in the way of any Congressional Republicans who try to cut Social Security and Medicare. He laid out his vision for a future where we make   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 3, 2024: * * * House Republicans Propose Severely Undermining Fight Against Opioid Crisis in Latest Extreme Budget Proposal The Republican Study Committee, which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and about 80% of their members, released a budget that would severely cut critical funding for states to respond to the overdose epidemic. More Americans between the ages of 18 and 49 die from opio  more