WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 20, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $25.5 million in grants through a new program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities while reducing impacts of climate change. This is the first time EPA is awarding funding under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability grant prog  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Today, August 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $25.5 million in grants through a new program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities while reducing impacts of climate change. This is the first time EPA is awarding funding under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, with the 16  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * New Pavement, Striping and Joint Repairs Will Improve Resiliency and Ease Travel Along Major Commuter Artery * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of a $32.4 million project that will resurface and restore a 5.5-mile stretch of Interstate 287 in Westchester County, improving resiliency and rideability along one of the busiest commuter arteries in the Hudson Va  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ONIEL WILKS, 45, a citizen of Jamaica, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 384 months of imprisonment for narcotics trafficking, passport fraud, identity fraud, and money laundering offenses. A  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. SAMUEL DOUGLAS, also known as "Blamm," 25, of New Haven, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a violent New Haven street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $175,158 grant to the St. Charles Mesa Water District in Pueblo, Colorado, to install a waterline that will protect drinking water system infrastructure from wildfires and drought. The funding is part of $25.5 million in nationwide grants through a new EPA program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small and di  more