News from November 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: While there may be some promising welfare to work experiments going on around the world, our experience offers a cautionary tale about declaring victory too soon. In the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF), for example, after an early burst of innovation and investment, states began diverting their welfare block grants to fill state budget holes instead of investing in work and getting families out of poverty.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act, a set of proposals to modernize, enhance, and protect Social Security in a fiscally responsible way. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Nicole Lynn Abraham, 30, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Abraham was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on March 17, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (H.R. 511 ) by a vote of 249 to 177. The legislation will protect the sovereignty of Native American tribes by preventing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from exerting jurisdiction over tribal businesses on tribal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Princeton man pleaded guilty today to a drug charge in federal court in Bluefield, West Virginia. Albert Delorso, 51, pleaded guilty to distribution of hydromorphone, admitting that on June 30, 2015, he sold three hydromorphone pills to an informant near Bluewell. Delorso faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1,000,000 fine when he is sentenced on March 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Civil Action is Part of Nationwide Sweep in Dietary Supplement Market.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Brooklyn, New York, men were each sentenced today to more than three and a half years in prison for crossing state lines as part of a plan to violently coerce a recalcitrant husband to grant his wife a religious divorce, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Charles Lee Davis, Jr., 49, of Lisbon, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the House floor in support of a resolution that condemns the recent terrorist attacks in Paris (H.Res.524 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Christopher B. Yates, 24, of Canfield, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of tomorrow’s Natural Resources Committee hearing on Chairman Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) rewrite of the Land and Water Conservation Fund - which House Republicans allowed to expire on Sept. 30 for the first time in its 50-year history - a new analysis shows that many of the districts...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Brookline, Mass.-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will open for a special day of remembrance on Sunday, November 22. The site will be open from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Self-guided tours of JFK's birthplace will be available throughout the day. At 11:00 AM, the site will conduct a brief memorial ceremony to honor the legacy of President Kennedy. The ceremony will be held in front of the birthplace on Beals Street.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Committee on Natural Resources released the Federal Footprint Map, which details the immense scale of federal land ownership and regulation in the United States. This interactive tool gathers data from federal agencies and will be used as an educational resource for Members of Congress and their staff, reporters, and the public. Chairman Bishop (R-UT) commented.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: When you walk into a doctor’s office, you’re putting an extraordinary level of trust -- and maybe even your life -- in your physician’s hands. Today the Finance Committee will hear about one type of business called a physician-owned distributorship that in some cases might violate that trust with dangerous and life-threatening consequences.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that members of a gang that has operated for a decade or more in the City of York were found guilty of participating in racketeering and drug distribution conspiracies by a jury in federal court in Harrisburg.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold 260.93 acres in 22 parcels for $32,608,500 during a competitive public land sale. The agency offered 625.52 acres, in 33 parcels, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Parcels offered for sale varied in size from 1.25 to 98.75 acres and were located in the Las Vegas Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: The Dedication Day Program on Nov. 19, scheduled for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, is relocating to the Gettysburg College Union Ballroom, 242 W. Lincoln Avenue, and will begin at 10:00 a.m. Doors open to the public at 8:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler and Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced federal and state charges against 25 individuals in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought pound quantities of methamphetamine and heroin into the Indianapolis area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Antoine Maurice Brown, 32, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to distribution of heroin, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Brown admitted that on June 26, 2013, he sold heroin to a confidential informant working with law...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Theron Eugene Cobb, 32, of Martinsburg, was convicted of cocaine trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
