HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-915_8o6b.pdf) in United States v. Rahimi upholding the federal law prohibiting individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns. "This decision affirms what we have said all along--do  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN R. FULLER, 37, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing mail while he was a U.S. Postal Service employee. Acco  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Ives Road, LLC ("Ives Road"), the owner of the building that currently houses Pacific Buffet & Grill Restaurant ("Pacific Buffet") in Wallingford, has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that the building's parking area did n  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that the first set of mosquito samples of the 2024 season tested by the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories (RISHL) have confirmed the first two detections of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in the state in 2024. The mosquito samples testing  more

NEW YORK, June 22 -- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following news release: Dr. Joxel Garcia has been appointed by Health Commissioner Vasan as the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Program Officer. He will provide leadership to the agency by facilitating collaboration on cross-divisional program initiatives, such as HealthyNYC, overseeing the Divisions of Disease Control, Environmental Health, Family and Child He  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz today joined Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes and Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Commissioner Michelle Gilman for a ribbon-cutting and tour of DEEP's new Western District Headquarters in Watertown. The new headquarters is the first net zero executiv  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Maria Gregory, a procurement analyst in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Contracts Department, has been named the director of Small Business Programs. Gregory, a resident of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, will begin her new role on June 30. She succeeds Sarah Heard, who held the position since August 2020, while also acting as the head of the Technical Acquisition Office in the Contracts Depar  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, joins the Civil Division of the Department of Justice in announcing that Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. ("SSSI"), a Delaware corporation headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut, and Derco Aerospace, Inc. ("Derco"), a Wisconsin corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,  more