WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for juvenile delinquency prevention in American Samoa, Arkansas, Connecticut, Guam, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Northern Mariana Islands, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $10,651,382 with a ceiling of $7,523,237 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with law, justice and legal services.   more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - $1.6 million for 25 grants benefiting New England * * * Top federal and state environmental officials from New England and New York announced 35 grants totaling $2.6 million to local state and local government and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Long Island Sound. Twenty grants totaling $1.4 million benefit Connecticut. Three grants totaling $250,000 benef  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for environmental education in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Environmental Edu  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Dr. SHEIKH AHMED, 56, of Orange, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to offenses related to his illegal prescribing of oxycodone, and his failure to pay federal withholding taxes. Accord  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: A former senior executive with Alstom S.A. (Alstom), a French power and transportation company, was found guilty today for his role in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar foreign bribery scheme and a related money laundering scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John H. Durham of the District of   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS POPILLO, 62, of Newington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two years of probation, the first six months of which Popillo must serve in home confinement, for embezzling from the Communications Workers of America Local 81266.   more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The Annisquam River federal navigation project in Gloucester, Massachusetts, will undergo maintenance dredging under the terms of a $7,845,150.00 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Coastline Consulting and Development, LLC, of Branford, Connecticut. The contract was awarded on Oct. 10, 2019. Dred  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 1 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following remarks by Vice Chair Randal K. Quarles at the William F. Buckley Jr. Program's Conference at Yale entitled "The Road to Serfdom at 75: The Future of Classical Liberalism and the Free Market": "I am delighted to be back in New Haven and particularly to be in the company of so many students interested in thinking rigorously about ideas. And I am honored to be participating in the William F. Buckley, Jr., Program's confere  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * - $1.5 million fund will compensate victims of alleged discrimination * * * U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), on November 4, negotiated a settlement with the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB), doing business as (DBA) Park City Communities in Connecticut, settling allegations that HA  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (HACB), doing business as Park City Communities, to resolve allegations that the housing authority discriminated against persons with disabilities in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Fair Housing A  more