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

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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone (often referred to as smog) and fine particle air pollution, when combined, and to take health precautions when air quality levels are predicted to be high. EPA and the New England states continue to offer free resources and tools for the publi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: LOWELL, Mass. -- ERO Boston apprehended a Brazilian national wanted in his home country for attempted homicide. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old Brazilian noncitizen near his residence in Lowell May 2. "This Brazilian national attempted to use our Massachusetts communities to evade an attempted homicide charge in his home country,"   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao testified in support of H.4459, the Mass Leads Act, before the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies. The Mass Leads Act is Governor Healey's first economic development bill, the blueprint to making Massachusetts more affordable, com  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: A Quincy man pleaded guilty yesterday to filing false tax returns on behalf of his company that hid over $10 million in corporate income. Su Nguyen, 60, pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young scheduled sentencing for Sept. 5, 2024. In October 2023, Nguyen was indicte  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Study Across the Pond, LLC (SATP) and its principal, John Borhaug. According to court documents SATP, which was organized under the laws of Massachusetts, and Borhaug, convinced foreign schools to enter into arrangements that violated the federal ban on incentive-based compensation   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

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 8 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) premiered a series of tribute films celebrating the lives and work of the nine gifted individuals awarded the 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Beautifully crafted vignettes take viewers on a journey of discovery into the lives and communities of these artists and provide  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, Dominique Troupe, 37, of Colchester, Vermont was convicted following a six-day jury trial in United States District Court in Rutland of drug, gun, and robbery offenses. Troupe, who was arrested in September 2022, remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pend  more