News from May 2016
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statements responding to EPA’s proposed rule setting out the 2017 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), will rally more than 250 scouts at Steamtown National Historic Site on Saturday, May 21, to work, learn and accomplish their goal of achieving the Railroading Merit Badge. The group will ride the Armed Forces Day Parade...
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $31 million in funding for 14 projects as part of ARPA-E’s newest program: Single-Pane Highly Insulating Efficient Lucid Design (SHIELD). SHIELD project teams are developing innovative window coatings and windowpanes that could significantly improve the energy efficiency of existing single-pane windows in commercial and residential buildings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Orphans While Working in Malawi.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis has returned a two-count indictment against Steven A. Yon, 27, of East Alton, Illinois, for Production of Child Pornography and Receipt of Child Pornography, James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: A woman from Olmsted Township was charged with embezzling from a bank, 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 Interior Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will increase flow from Lucky Peak Dam on the Boise River beginning Thursday, May 19. The discharge will increase 500 cubic feet per second both Thursday and Friday, and result in flow of approximately 2,800 cfs through the city of Boise as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauging station.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today passed two bipartisan energy bills that protect jobs, public health, and the economy. The committee advanced H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 by a vote of 30 to 23 and unanimously passed H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concerned about the solvency of Obamacare’s remaining CO-OPs, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders earlier this week requested information from the 11 surviving CO-OPs. The letters were sent by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Alleged to have robbed a Marsh Supermarket and 10 Speedway Gas Stations.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an amendment, crafted by Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Chairman Royce, to establish a Global Engagement Center and reform the Broadcasting Board of Governors...
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concerned about the solvency of Obamacare’s remaining CO-OPs, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders earlier this week requested information from the 11 surviving CO-OPs. The letters were sent by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On May 17, 2016, a federal grand jury sitting in Chattanooga, Tenn., returned a seven-count indictment against John Allen Morris, Jr., 50, of Knoxville, Tenn., for wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and wrongful use of a government seal.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Nuclear energy has provided baseload power to our country for decades, and generates electricity twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It does not emit carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrogen oxide, making it not only clean but reliable because power plants can run up to two years at a time before needing to go offline for refueling. One nuclear plant can power over 650,000 homes with clean and reliable energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Attorney’s Office today announced that it has entered into an extension agreement with the state of Georgia to improve the quality and availability of services for people with developmental disabilities living in the community and to provide supported housing to individuals with significant mental illness who need it.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a legislative discussion draft that simplifies how derivatives are taxed so that the privileged few follow the same set of rules as hard working Americans. The proposal is a critical piece of Wyden’s efforts to end the “Tale of Two Tax Codes" and lay the groundwork for tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 17, 2016, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Edward J. Brantley (age: 38) of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on House Education and Workforce Committee passage of its child nutrition reauthorization bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Wisler Cyrius (35, Naples) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. In addition, he has agreed to pay restitution to the victim automobile insurance companies and forfeit the proceeds of the offenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Release Date: May 19, 2016. Contact: Kina Lewis, Education Assistant, Pacific Historic Parks. Phone: 671-777-4301. Sign up now for Reef Ranger Summer Camp. This July, War in the Pacific National Historical Park will host the annual Reef Ranger Summer Camp. This free, dynamic program introduces a fun...
