WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Four Real Estate Investors Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Loan Scheme Four real estate investors were sentenced in an extensive, multi-year conspiracy to fraudulently obtain multimillion-dollar loans on commercial and multifamily properties. Aron Puretz, 53, of New Jersey, and his son, Chaim "Eli" Puretz, 29, of New Jersey, were sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit wire f  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Whitmer Declares State of Emergency to Support Michiganders Impacted by Ice Storm in Northern Michigan State Emergency Operations Center activated after storm causes trees and power lines to fall, leaving more than 100,000 without power across the northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.  LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro Challenges Trump Administration's Unlawful Decision to Cancel Over a Half-Billion Dollars Owed to State Agencies to Protect Pennsylvanians' Health The Trump Administration abruptly canceled more than $500 million in Congressionally-appropriated federal funding for the Pennsylvania departments of Health, Human Services, and Drug and Alcohol Programs  more