WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 10 -- The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) announced today that Maine Revenue Services, a bureau of DAFS, will extend the deadline to file Maine state taxes, for eight counties impacted by severe January storms, matching the recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) federal tax extension deadline for Maine taxpayers until July 15, 2024. O  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 10 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: The Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Housing has voted to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, that would encourage smart housing development in Maine by updating the state's growth management program law. Maine's growth management program law, which was implemented in pieces in 1989 and 1991, governs the preparation and adoption of local comprehensive plans and the land   more

BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Bangor man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court records, between January 2018 and December 2021, Aaron Rodgers, 43, and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsew  more

BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Caribou man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced James King, 54, to 165 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. King pleaded guilty on September 25, 2023. Accordi  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Hyde Park, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for two drug trafficking charges and one firearms charge. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Harold Andujar-Pimentel, 25, to 15 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. Andujar-Pimentel pleaded guilty on December 21, 2023. Accordin  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A California woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. Defendant assisted husband in laundering drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number,  more