News from August 2015
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: “This deal gives up too much, too fast, to a terrorist state - making the world less safe, less secure, and less stable," says Foreign Affairs Chair.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: On August 9 @ 2:00 p.m., Washita Battlefield National Historic Site's Summer Lecture Series will host noted Cheyenne artist, George Levi. Mr. Levi is a full-time artist, specializing in traditional warrior art - which originated among the Cheyenne in the 1850s, and is illustrated on historical paper. "Cheyenne art is history in motion. I try to put into my artwork a little bit of where the Cheyenne come from, where we are, and where we are going," exclaims Mr. Levi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A local woman has been ordered to federal prison for 10 years following her conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Lynn Denise Bilecki, 46, of Victoria, pleaded guilty in December 2014.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 4, 2015
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to express my deep concern with the “separate arrangements" established between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding Tehran’s past bomb work and access to the Iranian military base at Parchin. As the Committee continues its review under the...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The talk by Dr. Harvey Bootsma entitled Avian Botulism in Lake Michigan: How Does it Happen? that was planned for the morning of Thursday, August 6 at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LAMAR JONES, also known as “Cream," 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Dr. Jian Yun Dong, aka John Dong, and the companies which he founded, GenPhar Inc. and Vaxima Inc., were convicted of multiple fraud-based charges following a five day trial in Federal Court that took place June...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lamar Jones, also known as “Cream," 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Draft Environmental Assessment for the execution of a Warren Act contract for the storage and conveyance of non-Central Valley Project water to facilitate a water transfer from El Dorado Irrigation District to Westlands Water District.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons: First-Hand Accounts of Challenges Facing the Federal Prison System." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Employees at a Cincinnati nursing care facility will benefit from improvements the company is making to its policies and procedures for transferring residents at Twin Towers, a provider of skilled nursing care services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two men, one from Middleborough and the other from Winthrop, were charged today in the U.S. District Court in Boston with conducting an illegal gambling business.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson on Friday led a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack commending him for the department’s efforts to combat the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak and urging additional steps be taken to assist impacted poultry growers.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Brandon McBride today announced $42 million for 16 projects to build and improve water and wastewater infrastructure in rural communities across Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Cecil Scott Wiggins, age 49, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a bipartisan group of senators reacted to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that describes that a previously declared clean audit opinion for the Marine Corps was not valid. Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Claire McCaskill...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: OSCEOLA, Wis. - Just one year after a worker amputated part of her right index finger on a spot welding machine at an Osceola metal stamping plant, a 19-year-old female co-worker suffered a similar injury on the same machine. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found that her employer failed to implement safety procedures they agreed upon to protect workers from machine operating parts.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Wildlife strike reporting for both commercial and general aviation airports continues to increase, according to a new report by renowned wildlife expert Dr. Richard A. Dolbeer. At the request of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Dolbeer recently published the wildlife report, which shows that ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Content forthcoming.
