WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following alert: U nonimmigrants applying to become lawful permanent residents must now file Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, only at the Nebraska Service Center and not at the Vermont Service Center. USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS P.O. Box 87426 Lincoln, NE 68501-7526 FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliverie  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Julie Overfield, 63, of Winooski, Vermont, has been sentenced to serve 40 months in prison after Overfield was convicted for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine. Overfield also received a 24-month prison sentence, to run  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Seeks dismissal, says counterclaim by large US baking company could harm FLSA enforcement * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has requested that a federal court in Vermont allow the department to intervene and seek the court's dismissal of a counterclaim that Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. - one of the nation's largest baking companies - has asserted against its own workers who are seeking the overtime comp  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Vermont to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding on Dec. 22-24, 2022. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cos  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Twin Valley School District in Vermont to resolve its investigation into complaints of student-on-student harassment based on race and sex. The department's investigation revealed that the district knew of, and did not respond sufficiently to, individualized harassment and a broader hostile educational environment in Twin Valley Middle  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The White House issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Last night, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from December 22 to December 24, 2022. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jose Alvarez, 31, of Trenton, New Jersey, was sentenced to 14 months of imprisonment today in United States District Court by United States District Judge Christina Reiss. Alvarez previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport foreign nationals in furtherance   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Vermont Congressional Republicans' have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over th  more