News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. DeAnthony Tillman, 27, from East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on March 7, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, for distribution of cocaine, in the form...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 11, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jorge Leal, 21, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and with possessing an unregistered firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL: Everglades National Park is pleased to invite the community on Sunday, March 30th at 1:00pm, to a park sponsored art exhibit by the March Artist-in-Residence-in-Everglades (AIRIE) volunteer Nathaniel Sandler. Mr. Sandler will exhibit books and reading materials as a means for visitors...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a legislative hearing to examine draft legislation aimed at reauthorizing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act. Released last week, the draft legislation would reauthorize...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today began its review of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). The draft legislation, put forward by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals produced and used...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a legislative hearing to examine draft legislation aimed at reauthorizing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act. Released last week, the draft legislation would reauthorize...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today opened Senate floor debate on the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014. The bipartisan reauthorization will expand access to and improve the quality of child care for the more than 1.5 million children and families that benefit from the federal child care subsidy program. Read more about the bill here.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI). Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Implementation of MAP-21 and Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Surface Transportation". March 12, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today’s hearing will focus...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today began its review of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). The draft legislation, put forward by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals produced and used...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today began its review of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). The draft legislation, put forward by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals produced and used...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee is launching an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision-making process relating to the agency’s consideration of carbon capture technologies in developing greenhouse gas emissions standards for new power plants. Republican...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Children’s Hospital pediatric endocrinologist was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for purchasing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has raided more than $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage Program in order to pay for government programs that are not for seniors. These cuts have already resulted in higher costs, fewer choices, and cancelled plans to seniors. Unfortunately, this...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody today sentenced Michael T. Rivers (32, Sarasota) to 9 years and 7 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rivers pleaded guilty to the offense on Oct. 23, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed bipartisan measures to modify the savings program for federal workers contributing toward retirement and to improve whistleblower protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON, OHIO - Lamont Scott, 40, of Trotwood, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to eight years in prison after police found Scott, a convicted felon...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has raided more than $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage Program in order to pay for government programs that are not for seniors. These cuts have already resulted in higher costs, fewer choices, and cancelled plans to seniors. Unfortunately, this...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has raided more than $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage Program in order to pay for government programs that are not for seniors. These cuts have already resulted in higher costs, fewer choices, and cancelled plans to seniors. Unfortunately, this...
