News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, May 7, which will conclude National Tourism Week, the National Park Service and the Arkansas Welcome Center of Harrison will co-host a CCC Heritage Day at Buffalo Point to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the establishment of CCC Camp # 4733 and the important role that the CCC played in the development of the Arkansas State Parks and the tourism industry.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded Senate passage of the first State Department authorization bill in 14 years. The 2016 U.S. Department of State authorization bill, which was ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CLARENCE R. SINGLETON, age 30, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery and use of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Construction will be underway this summer at the Deadmans Bar Road, parking area, and boat launch in Grand Teton National Park. The project will improve the road surface, expand and formalize the parking area to improve traffic circulation, provide better access to the Snake River, and revegetate...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: “I’m honored to be here today to speak about the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016. This bipartisan bill will help our manufacturers - of all sizes - reduce costs, create jobs, and compete in the global market by creating a transparent process that is entirely consistent with House Rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Three men who operated two Boston-area fried chicken restaurants have been charged with conspiring to file false tax returns as part of a long-running scheme to avoid paying payroll and income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Joliet man was charged with arson today for allegedly causing a fire that destroyed his employer’s furniture distribution center in west suburban Woodridge.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of announcing six bills to bring needed reforms to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today unveiled five more bills authored by subcommittee members to spur innovation...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, May 14th and 15th from 11-4pm, experience a piece of everyday life in antebellum Harpers Ferry. Before the onset of the Industrial Revolution and the mass production of processed foods, ordinary citizens often depended on a small kitchen garden for sustenance, right in the heart...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRIDGET MARIE MILES, age 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Superseding Bill of Information for Misprision of a Felony, Hobbs Act robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy Colby Vickerson, 27, of Canton, Michigan, pled guilty in federal court in Clarksburg today to oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - Ten individuals have been indicted on federal drug charges for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of highly pure methamphetamine. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CYNTHIA TANNER, 54, formerly of Darien, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling approximately $800,000 from a Connecticut-based veterans services organization, and for failing to pay taxes on that income.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and 32 Republican committee Members sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt regarding a new agency rule that will affect how health care plans are designed and sold on the Obamacare exchange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Two Corona residents were arrested this morning by Postal Inspectors on federal conspiracy and mail theft-related offenses for a scheme that resulted in them using a counterfeit Postal Service key to access 300 mailboxes at a Corona apartment complex and steal mail. A third defendant is currently a fugitive being sought by federal authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: 300 N. Martin Luther King Blvd, Baltimore, MD. $10,000 Reward. Over the past 12 months, the ATF, United States Attorney’s Office, Baltimore Police Department, and Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office have been investigating multiple crimes stemming from the civil unrest in Baltimore on April 27, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4901, The Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Reauthorization Act sponsored by Oversight and Government Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). The legislation reauthorizes the three-sector approach to education in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A doctor and eight other Reno-area residents, including a number of employees of an automobile dealership, have been arrested and charged with being part of a conspiracy to unlawfully distribute highly addictive prescription drugs, including oxycodone, to persons who did not have a medical...
