News from April 2016
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a senior member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today made the following statement commemorating Earth Day 2016 and the first day that the Paris Climate Agreement opens for signature...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used Money to Pay Bills and For Personal Purposes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is temporarily limiting motorized use of one mile of road on public lands in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA), located approximately five miles northeast of Murphy, Idaho, to allow protective vegetative cover to re-establish on lands burned in the 2015 Celebration Fire. The road remains open to non-motorized use.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A two-count criminal information was filed against James W. Wallace, of North Canton, charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio,and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Paul Michael Dye, 49, of Corpus Christi, has been sentenced to federal prison for identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dye pleaded guilty Oct. 29, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: First Sitting U.S. Attorney to Visit Pollock Federal Correctional Complex.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,743,338 non-local visitors to the Outer Banks Group of national park sites in 2015 spent $179.8 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 2,815 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $225.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Two Accomplices Plead Guilty to Taking Part in Robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) has scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The Pet Medication Industry: Issues and Perspectives."
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and on operating within established aircraft limitations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Release Date: April 22, 2016. Contact:Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-688-9703. War in the Pacific National Historical Park is Proud to Showcase Jose Rios Middle School in the Ticket to Ride Student Art Exhibit. In celebration of the National Park Service's Centennial Celebration, War in the...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a substantial number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Tuesday and reconvene Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10 a.m. and Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a substantial number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Tuesday and reconvene Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10 a.m. and Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Yannier Arias guilty of 17 counts of conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and access device fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison on the conspiracy charges and 10 years’ imprisonment...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement for International Mother Earth Day
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 and H.R.___, the Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Policies Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 22, 2016, Tyrice Excell Akins, 29, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a three-count Indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking, Transportation of a Minor, and Transportation to Engage in Prostitution. In addition to these charges, Akins also pled guilty to charges of possession and distribution of heroin out of Wisconsin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Crescent City, CA-Beginning early Tuesday, April 26, through 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 28, the western end of HowlandHill Road within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park will be closed to vehicle traffic due to a paving and road maintenance project. The closed section ofHowland Hill Road begins near...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Today, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced that he used his executive authority to restore the voting rights of more than 200,000 ex-offenders. As a result, ex-offenders in Virginia who are not in prison, on probation or parole will be permitted to register and vote in the upcoming presidential election. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), commended his actions with the following statement...
