News from November 2015
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Washington -Leaders from five state departments of agriculture and 26 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden on a mission to sub-Saharan Africa Nov. 16 to Nov. 20, to expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products in that market.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: ATF Task Force seizes more than 230 grams of crack cocaine, loaded firearm and cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Atul and Jay Nanda Used Their Corporation, Dibon Solutions in Carrollton, Texas to COmmit Fraud THrough H-1B Visa Program in Order to Create a Low-Cost Workforce.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement in response to Rep. Cynthia Lummis’s (R-WY) retirement announcement yesterday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with David T. Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Colonel William J. Bryant, of the Arkansas State Police; and Donald Oakes, Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Devonte T. Franklin, 22, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court on Nov. 10, 2015 to 30 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, a $150 fine, and a $100 special assessment, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation is beginning its public scoping process for the Roza Irrigation District’s proposed Kachess Emergency Temporary Floating Pumping Plant (KETFPP) Project. In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), there will be two public scoping workshops...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Tifton, Georgia, are providing guidance to growers by showing that strip tillage and cover crops are important practices for reducing erosion from sandy soils in the Southeastern United States and for enhancing soil quality.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Dear Stakeholders: In July, the Medicaid program marked its 50th anniversary. Today, the Medicaid program offers a vital gateway to comprehensive health coverage for over 72 million people,[1] including the low-income and most vulnerable. However, when compared to Medicare and commercial payers, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a LaGrande, Ore., man has been sentenced in federal court for traveling across states lines to Missouri to engage in illicit sexual activity with two minors, whom...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Grant Hykes, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hykes remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled on Nov. 16, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that TAMMY JEAN McDANIELS, age 56, of Gore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. McDANIELS was also ordered to pay $146,004.80 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. November 17: Live Webinar on the Mid-Atlantic Baseline Study. Webinar Sponsor: Wind and Water Technology Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “Mid-Atlantic Baseline Study" on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Abington man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to stealing $65,311 in Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Frederick Glen Johnson, 47, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced today in Missoula federal court for drug and prostitution-related racketeering crimes. In June, Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: State of Alabama Agrees to Resolve Claims of National Voter Registration Act Violations.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), issued the following joint statement on efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Two Donna, Texas, School Board Members Indicted on Bribery and Attempted Extortion Charges.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of November 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Case Is Another Brought By United States Attorney Wigginton’s.
