HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding an announcement made today by the White House that the Biden-Harris administration has approved a new federal rule implementing a key provision of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 that clarifies who must register as a federally licensed firearms dealer and requires anyone who sells firearms to conduct criminal and mental health bac  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, also known as "Calami," 49, of Desert Hot Springs, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking l  more

ALBANY, New York, April 12 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Office of General Services (OGS) today remind New Yorkers to take action to protect migrating birds as they navigate night skies by participating in the 'Lights Out' initiative. Joining national and international efforts, State buildings participating in Lights Out will keep non-essent  more

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut-based Mohawk Northeast Inc. faces $214K in OSHA penalties * * * A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering t  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognized Argosy Private Equity of Wayne, Pa. and Mizzen Capital, LP of Stamford, Conn. as the 2024 Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) of the Year. The awar  more