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News Release: ALBANY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $166,832 for 53 employees of a Little Falls roofing contractor to resolve overtime and recordkeeping violations found by investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to assess the potential risks and opportunities related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The hearing examined how artificial intelligence affects our...
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News Release: The Department of State is committed to providing the best possible service for our passport customers. We encourage all Americans to check their passport expiration date before making any definitive plans for international travel, and to take action to renew their passport well in advance of international travel this year. This is especially important as we approach what is expected to be our busiest summer travel season on record.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 - With severe storms forecast for northern and central California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding communities in the region to prepare and to be aware of USDA programs to assist following flooding and other disasters.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK) reintroduced their bipartisan Clear and Concise Content Act. The bill ensures that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language. Peters and Lankford introduced similar legislation that passed the Senate last Congress.
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News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A federal jury convicted four leaders of the Gangster Disciples today for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders.
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News Release: This month, Ned Price will step down as the State Department’s Spokesperson.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full Committee will convene a hearing entitled “During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration’s Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan" on Wednesday, March 8th to examine the administration’s disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan. New witnesses have been added.
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Release: During the launch of the 2023 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis in Bangladesh today, the Department of State announced nearly $26 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the region, for those people in Burma affected by ongoing violence...
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News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Take a trip through time this weekend at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center with “The Evolution of the United States Army Uniform," presented by the Natrona County High School Junior ROTC. The presentation starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 11.
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News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Darris Manero Vincent, 44, of Maricopa, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 66 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Vincent pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) commended the passage of H.R. 1123, the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act, which was passed on the House floor by suspension yesterday...
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Release: Jacqueline Ramos is the Deputy Assistant Secretary overseeing policy for Western Europe and the European Union in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
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News Release: PHOENIX - Members of EM leadership participated in a robust panel discussion at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia on some of the cleanup program’s top challenges and successes in the past year as well as a look ahead to progress in 2023.
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News Release: Defendant Assaulted Numerous Officers with an Aerosol Irritant.
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News Release: RICHLAND, Wash.- On March 8, 2023, Senior United States District Judge Edward F. Shea sentenced Jonathan Scott Ard, 30, of Richland, Washington, to 12 years in in federal prison after his guilty plea to federal fentanyl and gun charges. Ard will also serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released...
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News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) sent a letter to President Biden calling for a determination and sanction authorization on Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., a surveillance company facilitating...
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News Release: PHYLLIS YEIKO HIRATA MIZUHARA. Family # 34064. Camp: Poston I, AZ. Address: 4-5-A. In 1903, my father Kumajiro Hirata came to the United States from Fukuoka, Japan. He landed in California and worked up and down the state, doing farm work. He settled in San Bernardino and sent word to the village he came...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.
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News Release: The FBI and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Host Women’s Recruitment Event.