WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change leading to increased response and recovery missions across the nation. Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said during Climate Week NYC that the agency will announce approximately $715 million in new project selections to eliminate or reduce flood dam  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 25 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled entitled "Division of Criminal Justice." Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...3 STATE AUDITORS' FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...4 Outstanding Drug Asset Forfeiture Receivables...4 Lack of Utilization of Core-CT Employee Self-Service Timesheets...6 Lack of Hiring and Promotion Documentation...7 Absence of Medical Certificates...9 C  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 25 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning the Computerized Traffic Signal System (CTSS) Replacement at Route 10 in Cheshire on October 24, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community the opportunity to offer comments or ask questions regardi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 25 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning the replacement of bridge carrying over stream in Farmington on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community the opportunity to offer comments or ask questions  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 25 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning the replacement of bridge carrying Juniper Lane over Mount Hope River in Mansfield on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community the opportunity to offer comme  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution offenses stemming from an overdose deat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: NEW YORK ACARE HHC, Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency, a Brooklyn-based company supplying home health aides, will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Four Seasons routine  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on October 1, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico. Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, will lead the delegation. * * * Members of the Presidential Delegation: The Honorable Ken Salazar, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico The Honorable Xavier B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: EAST HAVEN Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridge  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: As more survivors from Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides in Connecticut apply for disaster assistance for their damaged homes, FEMA home inspections are taking place in Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties. Survivors are encouraged to know what to expect during a home inspection to ensure their application continues to move forward.Typi  more