RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein fought to increase drug price transparency for patients by urging the Court to uphold state laws that require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report information about new prescription drugs and historical information about pricing for existing drugs. "Prescription drug prices can be astronomical," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "That means North Carol  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 17 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in petitioning the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to initiate rulemaking to update its regulations to recognize extreme heat and wildfire smoke events as eligible for major disaster declarations under the Stafford Act. The petition also seeks to clarify that wildfire smoke events are eligible fo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 18 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting an Oregon law that requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report certain information about specific new prescription drugs and historical information about pricing for existing drugs. Raoul and the coalition filed the brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/PhRMA%20v.%20S  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 17 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news: * * * The CSCU General Education Transfer Credit Alignment Policy will eliminate the barriers of transferring general education credits between CSCU institutions and increase student success * * * The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) unanimously approved the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) General Education Transfer Credit Alignment Policy. The ne  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging TYSSAN WOODS, also known as "Tigger," 18, and EDUARDO CRUZ, 18, both of Waterbury, with offenses related t  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Laurel Technologies Partnership, doing business as DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is awarded a maximum $417,221,175 fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for development, integration, and production of hardware solutions. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (85.6%); t  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 17 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is awarding more than $12 million in grants to 17 towns and cities throughout Connecticut for projects that will improve transportation accessibility and safety. The grants are being awarded through CTDOT's Community Connec  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (July 17, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a settlement with a Canterbury, Connecticut based carpentry and renovation company for alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP Rule). As a result of the settlement, Elite Construction and Remodeling, LLC ("Elite Construction") agreed to pay a penalty of $39,368 to resolve past vio  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is awarding more than $12 million in grants to 17 towns and cities throughout Connecticut for projects that will improve transportation accessibility and safety. The grants are being awarded through CTDOT's Community Connectivity Grant   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an executive order directing the establishment of the Connecticut Office of Equity and Opportunity - a new state office that will be responsible for leading Connecticut's efforts to ensure that state government is a leader in equity and inclusion with the goals of eliminating institutional and systemic barriers and creating   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce continues to maintain the highest level of service to the fleet, and those efforts are highlighted in the command's 2023 Annual Overview now available here. Each year, the Strategic Planning Office and the Public Affairs Office collaborate to gather stories and photos to capture a year in the life at Division Newport. "The Annual Overview does a g  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 17 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the U.S. DOT/Federal Highway Administration, and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, celebrated Rhode Island's groundbreaking achievement as the first state in the nation to compl  more