News from January 2011
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesus Jimenez Rincon, 37, of Portland, Ore., with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Draft Environmental Assessment for the control of non-native fish in the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam to the public for a 30-day review and comment period.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Point Reyes Station - The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Public Comment Analysis Report for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit Environmental Impact Statement. The report presents analysis and summary of public comment, and includes more than 4,000 pieces of correspondence...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: A recently updated National Park Service study estimates that the existence of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore results in over $20 million of annual spending and supports a total of 300 jobs in our local community.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - With BP’s announcement today that they intend to restart dividend payments to shareholders, despite losing money in 2010 and tens of billions still outstanding from their company’s spill, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called on the company to cease their challenge of the size of the spill...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after a federal judge in Florida ruled the Democrats’ health care law is unconstitutional...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: STAMFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VINCENT BROWN, also known as “Big Baby," 24, formerly of Rose Park Avenue, Stamford, was sentenced today...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service invites the public to a free film series at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site during February and March 2011. Every Sunday at 2:00 p.m., rangers will present documentaries about African-American culture and history in the Lowcountry. These films complement the Gullah heritage programs which are presented at the park each Saturday during the same period.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, February 9, 7 p.m. at Munising Falls Interpretive Center, 1505 Sand Point Road, Munising.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: -. TUCSON, AZ. - Jose Paul Gastellum-Chavez, aka Juan Chavez Rodriguez, 57, of Mexico, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by U. S. District Court Judge Frank R. Zapata. The defendant was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana and one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) agents, working jointly with DEA lead Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF), arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers and seized approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine and an 18-foot (yola), following an at-sea interdiction Monday in the Mona Passage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today after a federal judge ruled in favor of private citizens, small businesses, and 26 states to declare last year’s controversial health care law unconstitutional in its entirety...

By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today after a federal judge ruled in favor of private citizens, small businesses, and 26 states to declare last year’s controversial health care law unconstitutional in its entirety...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), today responded to the ruling by a Republican appointee on a district court in Florida against the health reform law.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Thursday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., at the Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore, 104 E Munising Ave., Munising.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to a bill introduced today by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) that would undermine landmark environmental laws that protect the public from carbon pollution...