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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday April 28, 2024 ( 6 items )  

AmeriCorps Releases Report on Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project
WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * This two-folded approach project conducted both a bundled evaluation and provided a one-year evaluation to participants. * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, released the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund Bundle Evaluation and Capacity Building Project final report, which assessed how State Service Commissions from Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire to Receive Over $43.5 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across New Hampshire
BOSTON, Massachusetts, 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 Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire has been  more

President Biden Approves New Hampshire Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from January 9 to January 14, 2024. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency   more

Vermont Restaurant Retaliated Against Server, Underpaid Workers, Violated Child Labor Provisions, Department of Labor Investigation Finds
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: A Vermont restaurant server will receive $50,000 in punitive damages and $829 in back pay, after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the employer retaliated against them by terminating their employment for refusing to share tips with a manager. The division found Trareeba Ltd., doing business as Colatina Exit in Bradford, Vermont, viola  more

Vt. U.S. Attorney: Doctor Indicted on Charges of Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances and Health Care Fraud
BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A New Hampshire doctor made his initial appearance yesterday afternoon in federal court in Burlington and was arraigned on charges related to his alleged involvement in conspiracies to illegally distribute controlled substances and to commit health care fraud. According to court documents, Adnan S. Khan, M.D., 48, of Grantham, New Hampshire orchestra  more

White House Fact Sheet: President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 910 More Borrowers in New Hampshire, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt
WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 910 More Borrowers in New Hampshire, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 11,160 people in New Hampshire under BidenHarris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, inclu  more