News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville resident and former volunteer football coach at Jefferson County Catholic schools was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell to 87 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced that.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Hearing Overview. Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell testified at a full Committee hearing on the Department of the Interior’s independent technical report on the August Gold King Mine spill. This is the second hearing House Natural Resources Republicans held this year on this issue, which they...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of their ongoing effort to provide a fiscally responsible solution to the growing financial, debt and economic crises in Puerto Rico, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Three defendants who admitted to felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas - Fort Worth (DFW) area since 2013, were sentenced yesterday to substantial prison sentences by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Twentynine Palms, CA-Joshua Tree National Park-.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Six people have been indicted on charges related to cocaine and heroin trafficking in and around the Massena area, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, James C. Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Mark LaBrake, Chief of Police for the Massena Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is happy to announce the winner and runner-up of the kids’ artwork contest. The contest was open from September to early November for anyone 12 years of age or younger. A total of 99 entries from young artists living in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Federal sex trafficking charges have been filed against two people who live in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to replace No Child Left Behind and improve K-12 education...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced additional members of his senior staff team for the Ways and Means Committee. Allison Halataei will serve as General Counsel and Emily Schillinger as Director of Communications. Named as subcommittee staff directors are Amy Shuart for Social Security and Anne DeCesaro for Human Resources.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 9, 2015
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: eet our shared goal of defeating ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Damein Hampton, 38, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, appeared Friday for sentencing in United States District Court in Burlington. United States District Court Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced him to 151 months of incarceration following his guilty plea to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and 280 Grams or More of Cocaine Base.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to rewrite No Child Left Behind. The legislation, which now moves to the President’s desk for approval, includes key provisions to improve educational stability for students experiencing homelessness.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: In Midland, 54-year-old former federal fugitive Judy Kay Fryar pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a wire fraud scheme that caused an estimated $140,000 loss to her employer and for obstructing justice announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division, United States Marshal Robert Almonte and Midland Police Chief Price Robinson.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced a final agreement has been reached by the Senate and House conference committee on H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: FORT UNION TRADING POST NHS, ND -Fort Union is soliciting comments on the Expanded Park Housing/Utilities Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA documents the results of this plan and the potential environmental impacts associated with the preferred alternative. The comment period runs through Jan. 11, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Join rangers at the Murie Science and Learning Center (Winter Visitor Center) to ski, snowshoe or stroll on a snowy winter trail lit by luminaries. The event is family-friendly and trails are appropriate for all levels of skiing or snowshoeing ability. Hot drinks and a campfire will be provided for the event. Parking is available at the Murie Science and Learning Center (Winter Visitor Center).
