News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

News from April 2015


House Passes State & Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act

News Release: House Passes State & Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act.


New York Peace Monument Receives Preservation Facelift

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce that the New York Peace Monument is currently receiving a long overdue preservation facelift. This iconic Civil War memorial located within Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, last received a thorough cleaning...


Copy, Paste:  New TPA Bill Nearly Identical to Last Year’s Failed Effort

News Release: The TPA bill introduced yesterday is almost identical to the bill introduced in January 2014 by Sens. Baucus and Hatch and Rep. Camp.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that they have introduced their Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015 and working to pass it this Congress. The bill would establish a 15-member commission to study how best to expand the use...


News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - Joseph P. Molnar, 51, of Chillicothe, Ohio, was sentenced to 72 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $4,076,189.44 in restitution to Huntington National Bank and $987,011.66 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for embezzling approximately...


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News Release: United States Attorney Conner Eldridge to participate in Oklahoma City Bombing 20th Anniversary Commemoration Events and The National Summit on Homeland Security Law in Oklahoma City, OK.


News Release: Ryan Statement on Senate Passage of Permanent ‘Doc Fix’.


Hatch, Wyden and Ryan Introduce Trade Promotion Authority Legislation

News Release: Hatch, Wyden and Ryan Introduce Trade Promotion Authority Legislation.


News Release: DENVER - Ronald Benjamin, age 49, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 14 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aiding and abetting, federal law enforcement authorities announced. Following his prison sentence, Benjamin was ordered to spend 3 years on supervised release. Judge Daniel also ordered him to pay over $870,000 in restitution to the victims of his crime.


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 2-hour, 2-mile guided walking tour of Snodgrass Hill/Horseshoe Ridge on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 9:30 am. This tour will begin at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center and caravan to Snodgrass Hill/Horseshoe Ridge.


GPS Data Offer Clues on Famous Lion Locations

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif - New GPS data provide additional insights into the days before and after the mountain lion known as P-22 was discovered under the crawlspace of a Los Feliz home, triggering an avalanche of media coverage.


Judge Issues Ruling Denying Sierra Pacific’s Motion To Set Aside The Settlement In The Moonlight Fire Case

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge William B. Shubb issued a detailed, 63-page order today denying Sierra Pacific Industries’ motion to set aside the settlement of the Moonlight Fire case and emphatically rejecting each and every allegation by Sierra Pacific’s counsel that there was fraud on the court.


News Release: Fritch, TX - The National Park Service(NPS) invites public comment on a proposed rule to revise off-road vehicle regulations at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (NRA).The off-road vehicle regulations were last amended in 1971.


Fighting #IRSAbuse, Ryan Applauds Passage of Bipartisan IRS Reforms

News Release: Fighting #IRSAbuse, Ryan Applauds Passage of Bipartisan IRS Reforms.


News Release: A Martin County resident pled guilty yesterday to manufacturing hash oil by using a butane hash oil laboratory in his apartment and to related weapons charges.


National Junior Ranger Day 2015 | Día Nacional de Jóvenes Guardaparques 2015

News Release: Saturday, April 25th Chamizal National Memorial Will Celebrate.


Mesquite, Texas, Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 330 Months In Federal Prison

News Release: One Of Largest Seizures Of Methamphetamine In U.S.


Woodstock Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RYAN HARDING, 29, of Woodstock, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for receiving and possessing child pornography.


News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Monroe woman was sentenced this week to 21 months in prison for receiving more than $119,000 in Social Security benefits intended for her father who had died years before.


News Release: The public is invited to participate in a public scoping period and public meetings for proposed conservation work.