MONTEREY, California, July 16 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Representing agencies and organizations from the U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement to FEMA and emergency management, 28 participants graduated from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's Emergence Program on June 14 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. The Emergence cohort 2302 graduation was the second for Emergence Program dire  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Pharmaceutical Res. & Manufacturers of Am. v. Stolfi in support of laws that increase drug price transparency. The amicus brief, filed before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, supports Oregon's defense of House Bill 4005, an Oregon law that requires pharmaceutical  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Employer paid $195K in back wages, penalties for violating federal H-2B requirements * * * MANCHESTER, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $167,101 in back wages for 20 workers for a Keene roofing contractor that paid incorrect wages and improper overtime to foreign temporary workers employed through the federal H-2B nonimmigrant program. The Wage and Hour Division  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PABEL MIGUEL ACOSTA-COLON, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Jersey City, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 22 months of imprisonment for distribu  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- 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 37-year-old unlawfully present fugitive wanted by Brazilian authorities for failure to serve a 14-year prison sentence for multiple convictions of rape of a vulnerable child. Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Saulo Cardoso-Ferreira from the United States to Brazil June 28 and turned him over  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Georgia woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her involvement in trafficking cocaine and cocaine base as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Tatiana Morrissey, 39, of Atlanta, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release.  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 10 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00055): * * * NORTHERN UTILITIES, INC. d/b/a UNITIL, Request for Approval of Affiliated Interest Transaction with Granite State Transmission Company ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission grants Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Unitil's (Northern or the Company) request for approval of its request for approval of a one-year extension, through re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has fined Associated Building Wreckers, Inc., $35,670 for asbestos violations that occurred during demolition of a commercial property at 14-16 Maple Street, located at the East Longmeadow Rotary. MassDEP discovered the violations during a compliance inspection of asbestos abatement activities at the prop  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging LUIS OLIVER-GARCIA, also known as "Bebo," 34, o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Revere man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for cocaine related offenses. Francisco Restrepo Mesa, 55, was sentenced on July 10, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 68 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Restrepo pleaded guilty to one count of conspirac  more