WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLYLE HENRY, 39, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking and firearm possession offense. According t  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, through civil asset forfeiture actions, the government has recovered approximately $2,288,385 for victims of two separate business email  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON COX, 50, formerly of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl an  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a five-count indictment charging BRANDON SPENCE, also known as "Spun," 36, of East Hartfor  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: SAMUEL DOUGLAS, also known as "Blamm," 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a racketeering offense stemming from his role in a violent New Haven street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; John P. D  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: TYJON PRESTON, also known as "TJ," 21, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a racketeering offense stemming from his role in a violent New Haven street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; John P. Doyle  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that Cornerstone Pharmacy, Inc. (doing business as "Whalley Drug"), and its owner, Yong Kwon, have entered into a civil settlement agreement wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a settlement with WestFair Painting Corp., a local franchisee of CertaPro Painters located in Bethel, Connecticut, for alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP Rule). As a result of EPA's action, the company will be required to come into compliance with the RRP Rule and agreed  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan national recently arrested for first-degree sexual assault in Hartford April 18. The 53-year-old Guatemalan native has multiple criminal convictions in New York and Connecticut for offenses including second-degree strangula  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present Ecuadoran national who was convicted of second degree assault and indecent assault of a child in Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston's Hartford field office apprehended the 27-year-old Ecuadoran native in Hartford April 17. Local authorities had pre  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced that it has commenced fixed-price cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and, collectively, the "Offers") for the purchase of any and all of the Connecticut Avenue Securities(R) (CAS) Notes listed below (the "Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, each dated as of April 22, 2024   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting by state legislators on junk fees: * * * Today, the White House convened state legislative leaders to discuss state-level actions to address junk fees, building on the Biden-Harris Administration's unprecedented efforts to crack down on junk fees across the economy to lower costs for Americans. National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFP  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 2,530 More Borrowers in Connecticut, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 27,340 people in Connecticut under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, includ  more