News from September 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Today, leading power-generating company Luminant announced major layoffs as a result of the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The new rule places unfair and excessive burdens on Texas and other states, which will be forced to shoulder a disproportionate percentage of the country’s emissions reductions.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Region 8 News Release: 11-1332-SEA (11-202)
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that after 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. The market opening positions Australia as the seventh most valuable export market for U.S. cherries.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Joseph H. Gale, Michael W. Punke, Islam A. Siddiqui, Paul Piquado, and David S. Johanson...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Chairman Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) today unveiled legislation, The Child and Family Services Improvement...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following today’s release of the Fiscal Year 2009 national student loan default data showing that for-profit colleges continue to have the highest default rate in higher education, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) reiterated his call for reform and stronger oversight of the for-profit education sector...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael Shea, Acting Special...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area invites children and their parents or guardians to join park rangers for a pleasant hike to Whiskeytown Falls on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The hike will celebrate the wonderful summer experience, which is drawing toward a season's closure. The "Children's End of...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 114,300 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations for delivery during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS - National Park Service investigators believe the apparent drowning of a 5-year-old North Las Vegas boy at Lake Mead was accidental. The boy, identified as Ewign Cruz-Diaz, was playing in shallow water on the lake shore in the Government Wash area when he went missing yesterday afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today expressed his support to repeal tax breaks for the highly-profitable oil and gas industry to help pay for the American Jobs Act proposed by the Obama administration.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, joined by Representatives Norm Dicks, Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee, Stephen F. Lynch, José Serrano, Gerald Connolly, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Danny K. Davis introduced legislation today to provide the U.S. Postal Service a 90-day extension on its pre-payment to the retired employee health benefit fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO, IL. - A joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department resulted in the arrest of an employee of a Skokie, Illinois pharmacy for illegally selling millions of dollars worth of prescription controlled substances. The Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced the charges on September 9, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2076, a bill allowing the attorney general and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide assistance at the request of state and local law enforcement officials in the investigation of mass killings and other violent acts such as school ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York City to participate in several 9/11 commemorative events honoring the families of 9/11 victims, and first responders.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 BOSTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Boston to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and participate in several commemorative events honoring the 9/11 families, first responders and rescue workers.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 11, 2011
News Release: Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workers are essential to American innovation and competitiveness in an increasingly dynamic and global marketplace. In this third report, we examine demographic disparities in STEM education and find that educational attainment may affect equality of opportunity in these critical, high-quality jobs of the future.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2011
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - On Saturday, Sept. 10, Richmond National Battlefield Park cut the ribbon on its newest park unit, Rural Plains, which is located on the Totopotomoy Creek battlefield in Hanover County.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Two weeks have passed since Hurricane Irene made landfall on Cape Lookout National Seashore on August 27. Seashore staff, with help from many others, has been busy trying to repair the damage, much like many other area landowners.
