BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund 45 new clean school buses in five school districts across Rhode Island * * * Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. The rebates will help selectees purchase  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Gregory Edward McLean, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced today to 160 months for distributing child sexual abuse material and 120 months for unlawfully retaining classified national defense information. The sentences will be served concurrently. According to court documents, state law enforcement in Rhode Island received a cyber tipline report that a user of a particular messaging   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: A self-employed contractor who waged a multi-year campaign of fraud, harassment, and abuse in the United States Bankruptcy Court, and who executed multiple schemes; made false representations; intentionally obstructed proceedings; and suborned perjury, all to conceal substantial assets from the bankruptcy court, has been sentenced to three years  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The leader of a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that distributed and possessed enough fentanyl to create more than two million potentially lethal doses of the drugs has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Jonathan King, 33, of Johnston, who previously admitted to a federal judge that  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news release: * * * Pay $753K in Back Wages, Damages After Department Of Labor Investigations, Litigation * * * Three Rhode Island nail salons in Cumberland, East Greenwich and North Providence and their owner have agreed to pay employees $753,500 in back wages and damages and take corrective actions to resolve violations of the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Ac  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Research and Development issued the following news: By Erica Sprey, VA Research Communications In a first-of-its-kind study, a multi-institution team of researchers led by the Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University in Rhode Island found an increased risk for respiratory and cardiovascular conditions in Veterans exposed to open burn pits. The innovative study, published in JAMA Network (https://jamanetwork  more