INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Dayten Abram, 22, of Muncie, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and distribution of more than 40 grams of fentanyl. According to cour  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3110): * * * In Re: Granulated Sugar Antitrust Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in two actions pending in the Southern District of New York move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in that district. This litigation consists of five actions pending in two districts, as listed on Schedule A. In addition, the parties have informed the Panel of 40 re  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Attorney General Brown, along with the attorneys general of Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general advocating for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to standardize the federal rules on screening public housing applicants with criminal records. The coalition's comment letter responds to a HUD notice   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: A bill that would increase awareness of perinatal and postpartum depression and treatment options was a topic of discussion today as mothers and maternal health advocates rallied with members of the House on the bill's importance and the House passed it. Introduced by state Reps. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Phila., Gina Curry, D-Delaware, and Lisa Borowski, D- Delaware, H.B. 2127   more