News from April 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump Administration's request for a pause in court deliberations as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works to repeal the Clean Power Plan - the nation's first-ever national standard to reduce dangerous greenhouse gases emitted from power plants.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Thursday was a big day at the Energy & Commerce Committee, as former Chairman, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), had his official portrait unveiled during a special ceremony in the hearing room. The room was packed with family, friends, and colleagues from across the aisle, and country - each of whom played a special role in helping Rep. Upton achieve major legislative accomplishments.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s reported decision to appoint Charmaine Yoest to be Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Benitez Auguarius Moody, 34, of Portsmouth, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of drug distribution and possession of multiple firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Today, a federal jury in South Florida convicted Dr. Salomon Melgen of sixty-seven criminal counts related to his participation in a health care fraud scheme involving the filing of false claims and the inclusion of false entries into patients’ medical charts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN THOMAS MINTER, also known as “Louch" and “Louch Ramsey," 29, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 80 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN THOMAS MINTER, also known as “Louch" and “Louch Ramsey," 29, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 80 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, April 27, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Brian Folks, 42, of New York City and Winooski, Vermont, with four counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion, and one count of Sex Trafficking of a Minor.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Mark your calendar for the 2017 Port Oneida Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) where history comes alive at six historic sites. The 2017 dates are Friday and Saturday, August 11-12, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This two-day event includes rural history demonstrations, activities, and special events each day. The event will end Saturday night with solar viewing and an astronomy party.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2016, 38,048 visitors to Tonto National Monument spent $2,224,600 in communities near the park. This visitor spending supported 33 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3,155,800.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Jeremy Fluellen, Chelsey Mayweather, Tramaine Tucker, and Christopher Williams have been convicted by a federal jury after a week-long trial, on fifteen counts of cocaine and methamphetamine distribution, and seven counts of extortion under color of official right. Prior to trial, 44 other corrections officers pleaded guilty in a series of cases related to this investigation at Georgia Department of Corrections institutions across the state.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - “Lassen Volcanic National Park has opened a ten-mile portion of the park’s main highway from the Manzanita Lake Entrance to the Devastated Area today, announced Park Superintendent Jim Richardson. The Devastated Area provides opportunities for visitors to snowshoe, cross country ski, and play in the snow. “Spring is an excellent time for visitors to experience the quiet snow-covered landscape." said Richardson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - It’s easy to spot a VIP in a national park. In 2016, there were 339,662 VIPs, or Volunteers-In-Parks, greeting visitors, building trails, leading programs, performing research, or doing just about any task imaginable. Today, during National Volunteer Week, the National Park Service recognizes the important contributions of all of its volunteers by announcing the recipients of the annual George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has issued a Determination permitting the Department of Energy (DOE) to continue making uranium transfers to support ongoing clean-up work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio, while also reducing the total amount of those transfers per year from 1,600 metric tons of uranium (MTU) to 1,200 MTU.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: Thank you for your April 6th letter providing an update on the recent events surrounding the suspension of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Data Reporting Tool (DRT), which allows students and parents to access and transfer the tax return information needed to complete...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On April 27, 2017, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Shaheen Tasewar Hussain, age 61, of Columbia, Maryland to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to illegally redeem food stamp benefits in exchange for cash. Judge Bennett also ordered Hussain to pay restitution in the amount of $778,183.00.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, April 22nd, Sagamore Hill NHS partnered with the BoyScouts of America Theodore Roosevelt Council to celebrate National Park Week and the Centennial of the Theodore Roosevelt Council. Despite the overcast and drizzle throughout the afternoon, pilgrimage participants were 2500 strong. Activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
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 US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals' move to delay a ruling regarding the Clean Power Plan lawsuit. The court granted the Trump administration's motion to hold the case in abeyance for 60 days.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Thursday was a big day at the Energy & Commerce Committee, as former Chairman, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), had his official portrait unveiled during a special ceremony in the hearing room. The room was packed with family, friends, and colleagues from across the aisle, and country - each of whom played a special role in helping Rep. Upton achieve major legislative accomplishments.
