WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change leading to increased response and recovery missions across the nation. Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said during Climate Week NYC that the agency will announce approximately $715 million in new project selections to eliminate or reduce flood dam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * Boston Public Health Commission and partners prevent overdose deaths and expand treatment as part of National Recovery Month campaign. * * * Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston, and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) today announced five community organizations that are receiving funding to prevent overdose deaths and provide substance use treatment in neighborhoods seeing  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Herlihy, 66th Air Base Group The 66th Force Support Squadron invites all with base access to attend Oktoberfest here with German-themed entertainment, food, and activities Oct. 4. Festivities will begin at 3 p.m. in the Fitness and Sports Center parking lot. Image of graphic for Oktoberfest event. 66th Force Support Squadron officials will host an Oktoberfest event for the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NANTUCKET, Mass Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 41-year-old Guatemalan noncitizen charged with a sex crime against a Nantucket resident. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez Sept. 11 in Nantucket. "Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez was previously removed from the United States following convictions f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: NIH findings highlight critical gaps in treatment access in correctional facilities, where almost two-thirds of people have a substance use disorder. A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: NEW YORK ACARE HHC, Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency, a Brooklyn-based company supplying home health aides, will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Four Seasons routine  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Maura Healey today welcomed Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine, to the Massachusetts State House. At a meeting in the Governor's Ceremonial Office with First Lady Joanna Lydgate and Ukranian officials, Governor Healey expressed Massachusetts' and the United States' strong support for the people of Ukraine. They also discussed their shared commitment to ensuring  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * One of the largest grant programs of its kind nationally for cannabis entrepreneurs from communities harmed by War on Drugs * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration launched the Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program, a new program through the state's Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund within the Executive Office of Economic Development designed to support Mas  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * One of the largest grant programs of its kind nationally for cannabis entrepreneurs from communities harmed by War on Drugs * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration launched the Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program, a new program through the state's Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund within the Executive Office of Economic Development   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Governor Healey signed into law an ambitious plan to dramatically improve the state's ability to bring in federal funding for infrastructure, climate and economic development projects. The legislation unlocks unprecedented resources for communities to compete for federal grants, clearing the way for further federal investment in the Massachusetts priorities. The l  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced she has appointed Kairos Shen to be the City's new Chief of Planning. In this role, Shen will lead the City of Boston Planning Department, which was established by Mayor Wu in July of 2024 to restore planning as a core function of City government. Shen will build on the work launched under former Chief Arthur Jemison, moving the city to a consistent and mod  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 25 -- The New York State Department of Health issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * New York's First Human Case of EEE Since 2015 in Ulster County Has Died State Issues Declaration of Imminent Threat to Public Health and Urges New Yorkers to Follow Recommendations to Reduce Risk of Mosquito-Borne Illness Governor Activated Multiple Agencies and Increased Coordination Between State and Local Health Officials Measures Include Mosquito Spraying, Mor  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Drug Abuse issued the following news release: * * * NIH findings highlight critical gaps in treatment access in correctional facilities, where almost two-thirds of people have a substance use disorder * * * A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: EAST HAVEN Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridge  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news: The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population, today launched the Governors' Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance's sta  more