News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

News from January 2015


The US Interior Department published a six page proposed rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $996 Million Grant Agreement to Expand Green Line Light Rail Service in Boston Area

News Release: SOMERVILLE, Mass. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $996 million federal grant agreement to extend Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail service from East Cambridge to Somerville and Medford. The extension will provide faster and more efficient ...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal gun laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Levin Floor Statement on Dynamic Scoring Requirement within Republican House Rules Package

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to the Republican rules package, which requires CBO and JCT to incorporate dynamic scoring into their official cost estimates of major legislation...


Frederick Man Admits To Fraudulently Accessing His Former Employer’s Computer System

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Alexander Afonso, age 40, of Frederick, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to identity theft.


News Release: Samuel E. Condo, Jr., 32, of Arlington, Texas, was charged last week with enticement, distributing and transporting visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, transferring obscenity to a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Christopher Cook Charged with Violating Federal Firearms Laws

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Cook, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been charged with violating the federal firearms laws in a criminal complaint filed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives earlier today.


Explore Rocky In The Winter

News Release: The park's Centennial is a great reason to celebrate the park throughout all seasons! For many visitors, winter is their favorite time to enjoy Rocky Mountain National Park. The park is less visited but still very much open and alive with activity. Beautiful backcountry areas can be reached on snowshoes...


Tallhassee Man Charged with using a Minor to Produce Child Pornography

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - On January 6, 2015, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Jonathan Harry Lee Williams of Tallahassee, Florida, charging him with using a minor to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography. Williams, a Leon County School District employee, who worked...


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News Release: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Sabine Parish man and a Lincoln Parish man were sentenced Monday for one count of distribution of methamphetamine.


Temporary worker suffers permanent disability after packaging machine crushes him

News Release: This palletizer conveyor is the type of machine an Ice River Springs worker unjammed on July 6, 2014, at the company's High Springs, Florida, facility.


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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ronald Tuttle, 44, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracies to import and distribute narcotics, and importation and attempted possession of a narcotic following a jury trial, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edward Eguavoen, 45, of Nigeria, who was convicted in Belgium of human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution, was arrested and held for extradition.


Multiple Clarksburg, WV residents charged with heroin, cocaine trafficking

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