HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Administrative Services issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM), and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) proudly hosted the annual GreenerGov Awards Ceremony today. This event celebrated the exceptional work taken on by agency staff to reduce their agencies' environmental impact and a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM), and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) proudly hosted the annual GreenerGov Awards Ceremony today. This event celebrated the exceptional work taken on by agency staff to reduce their agencies' environmental   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of the new website, CTMakeItHere.com, which will serve as the hub for the next phase of the State of Connecticut's "Make It Here" campaign. The campaign launched in October 2023 with a robust advertising plan featuring linear TV and OTT commercials, out of home, digital, and experiential marketing. The website CTMakeItHere.com highli  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is establishing a working group consisting of members representing various political affiliations and tasking them with exploring options and developing a comprehensive legislative proposal to create a system that enables municipalities and political parties in Connecticut with the ability to use ranked-choice voting in caucuses, convent  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 10-count indictment charging KIERRA BLOUNT, 34, of Stamford, with fraud, identity theft, and mail theft offenses. The   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: On May 15, 2024, the Accountability and Support Committee of the State Board of Education (SBE) heard from the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and the superintendent of Hartford Public Schools (HPS) on the impact of the reductions included in the proposed 2024-25 HPS budget, particularly the reductions to staff. On June 5, 2024, the Connecticut State Board of Education (  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that three companies operating in the District - Fetch Package, Inc. (Fetch), Potomac Foods Company, and Food Works Group, LLC (Food Works) - will pay over $150,000 to affected workers and $77,000 to the District in penalties to resolve allegations of violations of the District's worker protection laws that deprived Dis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a settlement with a Connecticut-based property management company and two property owners for alleged violations of the Lead Disclosure Rule. Under the terms of the settlement, Idoni Management, LLC, Clebridge, LLC and 34 Hulse, LLC agreed to pay a combined penalty of $39,449. "Tenants have a right to know if their unit has lead-based  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a multistate coalition of 11 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/6ddfda48-b6ed-4974-af09-827b641d2a61/fileAsset/Comments%20by%2011%20Attorneys%20General%20in%20Response%20to%20Feb.%2029%20RFI%20on%20Consolidation%20in%20Healthcare%20(1).pdf) in response to the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Departments of Ju  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: * Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, $36.9 million * Airgas USA LLC (South), Kennes  more