BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSres) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, during Problem Gambling Awareness Month, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced the formation of a new public-private partnership, the Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition, to raise awareness of the laws, risks, and public health harms associated with sports betting and gambling among young people. Founding members of the Coalition i  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Announces new call on VA to provide gender-affirming surgery for trans veterans Letter Text (PDF) Senator Markey hosts LGBTQ+ roundtable to hear about supporting the transgender and nonbinary community Boston (March 28, 2024) - Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing - including increasing reports of viole  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 29, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today joined Boston EMS, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), Public Facilities Department, and the Property Management Department for a Cadet completion ceremony and ribbon-cutting to officially open the newly renovated Boston EMS Training Center, which includes the addition of a two-bay ambulance station at 201 Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury. This new, state-of-t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger sentenced E'Chavion Semaj Flewellen (24, Cocoa) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for distribution of 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Flewellen entered a guilty plea on January 4, 2024. According to court documents, from Jun  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSres) -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: * * * Clean Water Action and our allies at the Massachusetts EJ Table are celebrating the release of new environmental justice regulations that add protections for over-burdened and vulnerable communities that are hot spots for air pollution. Massachusetts joins New Jersey in advancing policy frames that assess cumulative impacts for any newly proposed projects that would add to  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON - Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen who has been charged with a myriad of crimes including sex crimes against minor victims in Massachusetts. Deportation officers from the ERO Boston field office arrested the 33-year-old Guatemalan national March 28, 2024, near his residence in Lynn,  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: On this Vietnam War Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services Committees (SASC), released his latest episode of "Answering the Call: Maine's Veteran Voices." In the 13th interview of the series, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, Senator King sat down with Ed Stanhope, an Auburn native, who   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, David Mccann and Calvin Tabron pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York to conspiring to traffic firearms. Mccann also pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl. Today's proceedings took place before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II. Co-defendants Raymond Minaya  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development issued the following news release: Today, the Massachusetts' Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved three projects for participation in the Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP), a program that seeks to create new jobs and help businesses grow by offering credits to lower taxes in exchange for job creation. The projects are expected to create 137 net new jobs and retain 63   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday sentenced Raul Carbajal (34, Plant City) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Carbajal entered a guilty plea on November 21, 2023. According to court documents, Carbajal, who was prev  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 30 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,984) on March 29, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * 2023 Default Service Solicitations Order Approving Modifications to Default Service Procurement This order approves the Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty) proposal, made in response to a Commission directive, for the introduction of an ISO-Ne  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- Boston University School of Law issued the following news: Caitlin Glass has studied and advocated for racial justice in the criminal legal system for years, most recently as policy program director at the BU Center for Antiracist Research (CAR). While at CAR, she played a critical role in the drafting of several amicus briefs, including in a case in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down life without parole sentences (LWOP) for young adult  more

FORT MEADE, Maryland, March 30 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news release: The National Cryptologic Museum welcomes Dr. Merryl Goldberg, Professor in the School of Arts at California State University San Marcos on April 4, 2024 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. for "A Conversation with Merryl Goldberg." Dr. Goldberg will discuss her journey through Moscow in the 1980's, her battle of wits with the KGB, and the cipher system she developed using coded music sheet  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey company today admitted mislabeling hazardous chemicals entering the United States and evading customs duties, DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. George Volpe, 60, of Roseland, New Jersey, owner of Penta Internation  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, secured more than $100 million for 101 New Hampshire projects in the final government funding bills for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The federal investments, appropriated through the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process, will go towards a range of Granite State priorities throughout the state, including   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Members of the SPH community share recommendations for books, films, podcasts, and other content that have resonated with them as they study, research, and practice public health. * * * By Megan Jones Occasionally, a book, film, or podcast comes along that both engages audiences and prominently features important topics in public health. These stories, whether fiction or nonfiction  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Federal and state trustee agencies have released the final restoration plan and environmental assessment to restore natural resources in Buzzards Bay impacted by the 2003 Bouchard Barge B-120 oil spill. Ram Island and roseate and common terns were severely impacted by heavy oiling and subsequent cleanup activities resulting from the spill. More than $19 million in da  more