DENVER, Colorado, June 4 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Today, Governor Jared Polis signed two pieces of bipartisan legislation that save Coloradans money on prescription drugs and help fund housing and nutrition services for those on Medicaid. SB24-110, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, and Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Weld County, and Representatives Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, and Emily Sirota, D-Denver, prohibit  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Today, Governor Jared Polis signed two pieces of bipartisan legislation that will save Coloradans money on prescription drugs and help fund housing and nutrition services for those on Medicaid. SB24-110, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, and Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Weld County, and Representatives Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, and Emily Sirota, D-Denver, pr  more

MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Monica Ricci, 514th Air Mobility Wing A group of Airmen assigned to the 514th Air Mobility Wing became the first in the Air Force Reserve Command to become certified in the Warrior Connect program - a program started here at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in 2023. Warrior Connect seeks to enhance the visibility of individuals who can facilitate connections with vital sup  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that they will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Union County, New Jersey, for the June 4 primary election. The Justice Department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in Union County to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. In 2023, a federal court approved a consent decree to resolve the depar  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Governor Murphy today signed legislation that mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for firefighters who are not enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP), but who are eligible for enrollment in the SHBP by public employment. Current law entitles a paid, full-time firefighter enrolled in the SHBP or a firefighter employed by a public employer that doe  more

ALBANY, New York, June 4 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction on the redevelopment of the Commodore Perry Homes in Buffalo's First Ward neighborhood. The new, all-electric housing development will consist of 405 affordable homes in 27 newly constructed buildings. "With this investment, we are transforming the Perry Homes site from a symbol of decline and decay to a symbol of rebirth   more

NEW YORK, June 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Jonathan Mellone, the Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General ("DOL-OIG"); and Andrew Wroblewski, the Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service ("DSS") Domestic Operations, announced  more

NEW YORK, June 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRADLEY PIERRE was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe for conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in connection with his orchestration of a $60 million fraud targeting No-Fault automobile  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, June 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Marcus Deon Longus, age 44, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, cocaine base, and cocaine hydrochloride. According to the evidence established through court documents and statements made in court, Longus worked with others to distribute the drugs f  more