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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors Newsletter for Tuesday June 04, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Colo. House Republicans: Rep. Hartsook on Governor Polis' Signing of Bill Requiring Health-Care Coverage for Biomarker Testing
DENVER, Colorado, June 4 -- The Colorado House Republicans issued the following news release: Representative Anthony Hartsook recognized Governor Polis' recent signing of a bill that will help save lives and improve the quality of life through the latest methods of biomarker testing for cancer patients. SB24-124 increases coverage for biomarker testing in all state-regulated large-group health benefit plans in Colorado. Biomarker testing uses patient tissue, blood, or bodily fluids to check ge  more

Connecticut Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I.- A Windsor, CT, resident who admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that he conspired to deliver nearly 90 grams of fentanyl has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Daniel Alexander Smith, 20, previously admitted that between late February through May 2023,   more

Johnston Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - 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  more