News published on Federal Newswire in September 2015

By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: Rome, NY -Fort Stanwix National Monument invites all 4th grade students to visit the park as part of.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic staff released an in-depth memo discrediting claims that Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) allegedly sold fetal tissue to tissue procurement organizations (TPOs) for profit. The memo, based on information obtained from the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the matter, makes clear that the Committee has found no evidence substantiating these claims thus far.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have found that recent and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide have impacted, Artemisia annua, a common roadside weed in the United States. Globally, the weed is the source of artemesinin, a compound that is commonly...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Linda Weston, 55, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to all charges in a racketeering and hate crimes case that involved holding disabled adults captive in locked closets, basements, and attics in Philadelphia’s Tacony section and in other states. Weston pleaded guilty to racketeering...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office today approved a connector trail linking two sections of the popular Tabeguache long-distance trail currently blocked by private land.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: Earlier today, Alexander Fishenko, a dual citizen of the United States and Russia, pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to all charges pending against him, including acting as an agent of the Russian government within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney...

By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to review H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act, authored by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bipartisan legislation has more than 200 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and strong support in the Senate.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

Release: MR. GALLO: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Press Club, the world's largest and oldest organization for professional journalists and communicators. The subject today is child nutrition, and we have three people to whom this subject is very important: the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the president of the national pediatric association, and the director of nutrition research at the Pew Charitable Trusts. I am going to briefly introduce all three of them.

By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reiterated his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal today when opening Senate debate on a resolution to disapprove of the agreement. Corker was the author of the law establishing the process for congressional review and a vote on the nuclear deal.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: New Mexico Hosts U.S. Attorney General’s Native American Issues Subcommittee and U.S. Attorneys’ Tribal Liaisons.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be awarding over $8 million in grants to help school nutrition professionals better prepare healthy meals for their students. Approximately $2.6 million dollars in grants ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today delivered remarks at the National Press Club encouraging Congress to act quickly to reauthorize a strong Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and support the ongoing success of the healthier meals now being served in schools across the country. Vilsack was joined by American Academy of Pediatrics President Dr. Sandra Hassink, MD, FAAP, and Jessica Donze Black, director of child nutrition at the Pew Charitable Trusts.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require General Electric Company (GE) to divest Alstom S.A.’s subsidiary Power Systems Mfg. LLC (PSM) in order for GE to proceed with its proposed approximately $13.8 billion acquisition of Alstom.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: The National President of the Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and “Three-Star General” of the Vice Lords street gang in Michigan was sentenced today to serve 35 years in prison for violent racketeering-related crimes. To date, 12 other defendants have been convicted of federal offenses related to their roles in this violent conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) today to promote increased cooperation and communication among the competition agencies in both countries. The MOU was signed in Washington, D.C. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: A former employee with International Relief and Development Inc. (IRD) pleaded guilty today to charges of bribery in connection with a federal program and conspiracy to structure financial transactions to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: The U.S. Justice Department announced today, along with private plaintiffs, that it has entered into a proposed settlement agreement with the state of Oregon that will resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and will impact approximately 7,000 Oregonians with intellectual and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: Ashley Nicole Richards 24, of Houston, Texas, has been convicted of creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson for the Southern District of Texas. Richards entered a guilty plea today, admitting she produced ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: First National Community Bancorp, Inc., Dunmore, Pennsylvania Written Agreement issued Nov. 24, 2010 Terminated Sept. 2, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2015

News Release: Agency cites Mason Well Service in Odessa, Texas, for 6 workplace violations LUBBOCK, Texas — An Upton County oil rig inferno killed family members Arturo Martinez Sr., Arturo Martinez Jr. and Rogelio Salgado in March 2015 as they worked to install a blowout preventer, which seals, controls and monitors a rig.