News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: On Sept. 11, 2015, Latoya M. McDaniel, 29, of Marion, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging Escape from Federal Custody, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested that the Committee hold a hearing to review the legal status of fantasy sports, given the Committee’s jurisdiction over professional sports and gambling and the overwhelming popularity of fantasy sports websites. In fact, just this year, an estimated 57 million people in the United States and Canada will participate in fantasy sports.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Takeover-Style Bandit Led Law Enforcement on High Speed Chase.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting on Sept. 17 to markup bipartisan legislation reauthorizing several programs expiring on Sept. 30.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Dear Attorney General Lynch: We are writing to you in regard to Fifth Amendment issues relating to Mr. Bryan Pagliano, the IT Specialist who was responsible for managing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s non-government email server during her time leading the State Department. As you may already...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: A 2010 Congressional candidate for Florida’s 25th Congressional District, along with the campaign manager for an opposing candidate from a different party, were sentenced today for violating federal election laws, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WHEN: Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, beginning at 9 A.M. All committee meetings are open to the public.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. __, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 and H.R. 702, legislation to lift the ban on crude oil exports. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene to consider both pieces of legislation Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. __, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 and H.R. 702, legislation to lift the ban on crude oil exports. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene to consider both pieces of legislation Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested that the Committee hold a hearing to review the legal status of fantasy sports, given the Committee’s jurisdiction over professional sports and gambling and the overwhelming popularity of fantasy sports websites. In fact, just this year, an estimated 57 million people in the United States and Canada will participate in fantasy sports.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. __, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 and H.R. 702, legislation to lift the ban on crude oil exports. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene to consider both pieces of legislation Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Gomez, 26, of Pawtucket, has been ordered detained in federal custody following an investigation into Gomez’s alleged trafficking of crack cocaine, including the alleged trading of firearms for crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Gomez, 26, of Pawtucket, has been ordered detained in federal custody following an investigation into Gomez’s alleged trafficking of crack cocaine, including the alleged trading of firearms for crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, Lued Browne, 44, pleaded guilty in District Court on St. Thomas to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 4, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded Armstrong Elevator Company of Florida on September 4 with a $2 million contract to modernize six passenger elevators at Glen Canyon Dam and Powerplant near Page, Arizona.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s action to allow students and families to apply for financial aid earlier and use tax information from the previous year to finalize Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) forms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Bridgette Kelly, 23, of Charleston, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for her role in an oxymorphone distribution conspiracy. Beginning in November of 2013 and continuing until Jan. 30, 2014, Kelly conspired with Gregory...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Ross Logging, PO Box 119, Seth, West Virginia. The worksite was located on Leatherwood Road in Elkview, West Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in lower Glacier Bay will be raised to 20 knots through the water due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. This change goes into effect beginning at 5AM Tuesday...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: The 2015 fire season in the Lower 48 started off slowly, but within a two-week period from the end of July to mid-August, the national preparedness level went from PL-2 to PL-5. With hundreds of lightning fires igniting across the western United States, forests, parks, refuges, and state lands needed...
