OAKLAND, California, May 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban. The brief, filed in Capen v. Campbell, urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law was consistent with the Second Amendment. "States play an esse  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts' commonsense gun safety laws. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, implores the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging LEVERN MARION, 35, of West Haven, with  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Chancellor Terrence Cheng announced today that he will appoint Dr. Karim Ismaili as president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Dr. Ismaili is currently Executive Vice President and Provost at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Dr. Ismaili begins his new role on July 31, 2024. "As a first-generation c  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- 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's Hartford office apprehended an unlawfully present Bangladeshi national recently arrested by Connecticut police for sexual abuse of minors. Deportation officers arrested the 47-year-old in Litchfield April 22. "This unlawfully present individual allegedly brought harm   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on behalf of Massachusetts, defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition urge the court to uphold the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of as  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-naag-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-legal-services-corporation-lsc/download) sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys gener  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today joined a multistate amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/050724_Capen_Multistate_Amicus.pdf) filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its common-sense gun safety laws against a Second Amendment challenge. The brief, joined by 18 other attorn  more

NEW YORK, May 8 -- The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced 33 MTA Police Officers graduated from the NYPD Academy following the completion of the Recruit Training Curriculum to serve and protect the community. On Friday, May 3, 2024, the MTA Police held the traditional, "Gun and Shield Day," where graduating officers are given their official police badge and service  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, urges the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in "quick release" Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). "I-95 is a critical highway--for both the people of Connecticut and our nation's transportation network--and the Biden-Harris Administration focused immediately on   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "I-95 is a critical highway--for both the people of Connecticut and our nation's transportation network--and the Biden-Harris Administration focused immediately on helping Governor Lamont quickly restore travel," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "These emergency funds helped Connecticut DOT safely repair and reopen the road in less than 80 hours and ca  more