LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit urging the Court to revisit an opinion striking down a Minnesota law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed handguns in public. In the brief (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Worth%20  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: NORTH ANDOVER -- The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today $396,000 in citations against B&B Conveyors LLC for failure to make timely payments, failure to pay overtime, and failure to furnish true and accurate payroll records to the AGO. The citations include restitution for workers and civil penalties. B&B Conveyors is a Florida-based corporation tha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,316,877,000 undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2110 for economic ordering quantity material in support of the planned Virginia Class Block VI submarines and in furtherance of the Navy's commitment to the health and stability of the industrial base. Work will be per  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the roundup on Aug. 6, 2024: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: * On Monday, the FDA issued a Safety Alert (https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-advises-restaurants-and-retailers-not-serve-or-sell-and-consumers-not-eat-certain-oysters-lewis) advising restaurants and retaile  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the announcement made today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that it has selected the Power Up New England proposal submitted by Connecticut and its neighboring New England states to receive an award of up to $389 million through the second round of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's competitive Grid Innovation Program (GIP). Power Up feat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * Affordable Homes Act to build or save 65,000 homes through $5.1 billion in authorizations and 49 policy initiatives * * * Governor Maura Healey today signed into law the most ambitious legislation in Massachusetts history to tackle the state's greatest challenge - housing costs. The Affordable Homes Act and related initiatives will support the production, preservation  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The innovative multi-day energy storage project wins substantial Federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of New England states' regional grant application to strengthen and modernize the regional electric grid * * * Governor Janet Mills, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jaima Fogg, 66th Air Base Group The 66th Security Forces Squadron has implemented immediate changes to the foreign national installation access policy. Service members and other Department of Defense ID cardholders who wish to sponsor foreign national visitors must provide the required forms and documentation to 66 SFS at least 14 days prior to the visit. Same day visit requests wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Nelson Mora, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 44 months in prison, fol  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. Diana Lopez, 62, of Milton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to six months in prison followed by two years of supervised relea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: An Uxbridge man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to defraud the government of thousands of dollars between 2014 to 2018. Thomas Bouchard, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12 months and one day in prison followed by one year of supervised release. In April 2023, Bouchard pleaded guil  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Plymouth woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of herself and her father fraud and money laundering. Katherine Reynolds, 65, was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Reynolds will be arraigned in federal court on Aug. 8  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development (OWD) today announced the allocation of $3.9 million of Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT) funding to 24 community-based organizations in Boston. NJT funding supports local organizations that provide low-to-moderate-income adults with job training and support services ensuring the full participation of all Boston residents in the city'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts convicted an unlawfully present Mexican noncitizen July 9 of illegal re-entry into the United States following his arrest by Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended Rulaman Lopez-Nolasco, 42, a Mexican national near his residence in Lynn January   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Australia's national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are investing in solutions that will accelerate the transition of materials development, manufacturing, and use to a circular economy, positively impacting multiple industries such as semiconductors and plastics. With a total investmen  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Rachel Billups, a teacher at Edgren High School in Misawa, Japan, has been named the 2024 DoDEA History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Established in 2004, this award recognizes exceptional elementary through high school teachers for their outstanding contributions to American history education. Presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman  more