News from May 2015
By DOT News Wire | May 7, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 7, 2015
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Safe riding practices, helmet use and cooperation from all drivers
By DOT News Wire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today closed on a $967.1 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in order to facilitate the deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) on both the Metro-North Railroad (Metro North) and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). It is the largest RRIF loan in FRA’s history.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: In support of local students and in celebration of the region's historical diversity, the National Park Service and the Evergreen and Vancouver School Districts are proud to again host the annual Children's Culture Parade at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Friday, May 29, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist in Florida has found a way to help tomato producers improve the taste of their tomatoes. The process is simple-just immerse them briefly in warm water to heat them.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: On Friday, President Obama will visit Nike to make the case for congressional approval of Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday that the president would use the event "to illustrate how a responsible trade agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Malisha Mobley, 30, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government in the filing of false tax returns before U.S. District Judge Richard J Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAMON ANTONIO SORIANO-CANIZALEZ, age 28, a citizen of El Salvador, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Wednesday, May 6, 2015, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced to prison two men for their role in a scheme involving more than $1 million in fraudulent automobile and personal loans, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BENJII CARR, 49, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a check fraud ring. CARR was also ordered to pay $104,070.94 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Glenview Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Bergen Farms, of Odessa, NY, pleaded guilty to attempting to harbor illegal aliens before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The defendant was also sentenced to pay a $60,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: In the fourth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., today stresses the importance of protecting and managing Montana’s natural resources, while encouraging job creation and economic growth through responsible energy and mineral development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HAROLD HARRINGTON, also known as “Chopper" and “Chapo," 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to a federal robbery offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HAROLD HARRINGTON, also known as “Chopper" and “Chapo," 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to a federal robbery offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Livingston Brown, 41, of Corinth, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to four years in prison to be followed by eight years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Brown pleaded guilty to the charge on July 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, BAILEY JOE MILLS, 34and his wife, ELIZABETH MILLS, 35, both of Lillington, North Carolina, were sentenced before United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. BAILEY JOE MILLS received 45 years imprisonment followed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Christian M. MacKean, 37, of Eatonton, Georgia entered a plea of guilty on May 7, 2015, for the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, U.S. District Court Judge, in Macon, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former private in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Riley has been indicted on charges of stealing his fellow soldiers’ identities, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Trade Tool Affirms Only Congress Can Change U.S. Law Before AND After a Trade Deal is Done.
