CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, Attorney General Aaron Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in issuing a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA), Fortune 100 company CEOs and other leaders to refute baseless attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and programs. "The ongoing, unwarranted attacks on DEI ini  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general, issued a letter (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/94031f5c-1c55-4aca-a4c1-5900457f736a/fileAsset/June%2020%202024%20AG%20Letter%20to%20ABA%20and%20Fortune%20100%20Companies.pdf) to the American Bar Association (ABA), Fortune 100 company CEOs and other leaders to refute baseless attacks on diversity, equ  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, issued a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA), Fortune 100 company CEOs and other leaders (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/june-20-2024-ag-letter-to-aba-and-fortune-100-companies.pdf) to refute baseless attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and progr  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 20, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - March 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.04 per hour in the South to $52.91 in the Northeast in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed a 30-year-old unlawfully present Ecuadorian national who is wanted by authorities in his home country to answer for rape charges. On May 21, deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Ricardo Andre Barrera-Peleaz from the United States to Ecuador. "Ricardo Andre Barrera-Peleaz fled rape charges in   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today signed into law An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation, which seeks to prevent abuse and exploitation, strengthen protections for survivors, and enhance education for young people about the dangers of sexting and deepfakes. The law adds Massachusetts to the states that have acted to prohibit image-based sexual assault - sometimes referred to  more

DANVERS, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey and Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus joined local officials and housing developers from across the state to announce the 2024 Affordable Housing Development Grant Awards. A total of $227 million in state and federal tax credits and subsidies will support the creation or preservation of 1,874 rental units across Massachusetts  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following mid-month revenue report: Mid-Month Revenue reports display how much tax revenue has been collected halfway through a given month by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. * * * Please note: Revenue collections are uneven and weighted toward month-end, and the brief period covered in the mid-month does not provide sufficient data for comparison to prior years. Therefore, the Department st  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 16-cv-10874; D. Mass. May 13, 2016) involving Ross McLellan: * * * On June 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment against Ross McLellan, a former executive of Massachusetts-based State Street Corporation, for engaging in a scheme to defraud certain customers of State Street's transition management business. According to the SEC's comp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Boston Police Sergeant was sentenced on June 18, 2024 for his involvement in a long running overtime fraud scheme at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. William Baxter, 63, of Hyde Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to three years of supervised release, with seven months to be served in home detention.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: A Haverhill man was indicted today for allegedly filing a Massachusetts Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claim in 2020 for a man who was living in Brazil at the time, and therefore ineligible to receive PUA benefits. Julio Roncaly Morais, 41, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He wil  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on June 20, 2024: Today, the MBTA and the City of Somerville announced bus lane improvements on Washington Street from Myrtle Street to Crescent Street, near the Boston city line. The work builds upon previous bus mobility work completed in fall 2021. The project involves extending bus queue jump lanes, which are short stretches of priority lanes that let MBTA buses bypass waiting traffic   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on June 20, 2024: Today, the MBTA and the Town of Brookline announced the launch of a Dedicated Bus Lane Pilot in Gateway East on Washington Street, extending from Station Street to the Boston city line. The pilot is set to run for a year and is funded by the MassDOT Shared Streets and Spaces grant. As part of this collaborative effort, one eastbound and one westbound general-purpose trave  more