TRENTON, New Jersey, July 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * Prince Telecom Allegedly Refused to Hire an Employment Candidate Who Legally Used Medical Marijuana * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued a Finding of Probable Cause in a case alleging that Prince Telecom LLC discriminated against an applicant for employment based on disability in   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Co-leads 27 state and local agencies in asking DHS to extend deferred action protection to protect noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from deportation for four years * * * The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO), along with the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, has spearheaded a coalition of 27 lab  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, July 3 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Liz Glenn and Kristen Rounsaville Acquisition professionals from Army Contracting Command attended an opening ceremony for the Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility, a new modular metal parts facility in Mesquite, Texas, May 29. This ceremony was the culmination of 1.5 years of rapid acquisition by ACC-Rock Island and sets the stage for ACC-New Jersey to issue a $39.4 million Undefinit  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project - the nation's ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden's leadership. With today's approval, the Department has approved more than 13 gigawatts of clean energy from offshore wind energy projects - enough to power nearly five million homes. "Th  more

ALBANY, New York, July 3 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release: * * * Trend to Watch: Industry Job Recovery Uneven Across State Bright Spot: Spike in State Park Attendance and Growth in Agritourism * * * Tourism in New York state has grown post-pandemic but employment in tourism-related industries remains 4.3% below pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report found s  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 2, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced that contracts have been awarded (https://www.spr.doe.gov/gas/default.htm) for the sale and liquidation of 1 million barrels (42 million gallons) of gasoline in the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (NGSR). The contracts awarded today represent a fully subscribed solicitation following the Request for Proposal (RFP) th  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Sussex Country, New Jersey, man was indicted today for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Nikenson Jean Mathurin, aka "Nik Mathurin," aka "Jean Mathurin", 44, of Sparta, New Jersey, is charged with three counts of wire fraud and   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: Two people were arrested Tuesday morning for shipping an Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) from New Jersey to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without having obtained the required license and authorization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Fadi Nammas, 43, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Tara Jamhour, 24, of Rockaway, New Jersey, are charged by compla  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: The final defendant in a racketeering conspiracy that resulted in the nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system has pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Juan Carlos Rivas-Moreiera, a/k/a "Juan Carlos Moriera," a/k/a "Stocky" pleaded guilty on July 2, 2024, for his role in a racketeering conspiracy in furthera  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Zhong Jie Chen, 47, formerly of Randolph, Maryland, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for misappropriating $354,520 of COVID-19 relief funds that he was supposed to use to operate his restaurants during the pandemic. Chen used the funds to engage in day trading. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scot  more