SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Rinderle v. Cobb County School District opposing a Georgia school district's enactment and enforcement of two policies (based on Georgia laws) which prohibit school staff from discussing topics deemed "divisive," undermining their ability to teach diverse books and curricu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1721) on Aug. 21, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages - First Quarter 2024": * * * From March 2023 to March 2024, employment increased in 300 of the 369 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In March 2024, national employment increased to 153.6 million, a 1.3-percent increase over the year, as measured by the Quarterly C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Atlanta (August 21, 2024) - 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 inaugu  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Connecticut man admitted his role in a multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud and kickback scheme, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Jesse Foote, 58, of Fairfield, Connecticut, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to a two-count information charging him with conspiracy to   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC ("EBS"), was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Between 2015 and 2019, RICCARDI and his co-conspira  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Connecticut and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on August 18, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emerg  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Connecticut to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning on Aug. 18, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the ha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: More than 600,000 Wisconsinites Eligible to Use Free Tax Filing Tool Next Year Made Possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Wisconsin is the next state to join IRS Direct File for Filing Season 2025. IRS Direct File was made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which provided ne  more