News from April 2017
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today approved H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. Introduced by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), the legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow private-sector employers to offer workers the choice of paid time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked. The bill passed by a vote of 22 to 16.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged her colleagues today vote against President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, citing his refusal to commit to standing up for workers and not bend to political pressure from the Trump Administration and their anti-worker policies.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s announcement on national monument designations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13’s Enfermos Criminales Salvatrucha clique in Chelsea, Mass., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to RICO conspiracy involving the attempted murder of a rival gang member.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Michael Thomas McTigue, 33, resident of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to two years in prison, to be followed by a one-year term of supervised release, for making threats online and extorting money in return.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Two Detroit doctors and one co-conspirator were charged in an indictment today for their alleged participation in a scheme to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) on minors, to transport these minors across state lines, and to obstruct justice.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: At 10:30 p.m. on Monday night, April 24, a man called for assistance near Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park via a very poor cell phone connection. He and his brother had become lost due to snow packed trails and darkness. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members reached...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: “Today, the Committee will consider a range of bills to protect and improve our nation’s water and power infrastructure, spur job creation and increase economic growth.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Derby man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months and a day for stealing mail while he worked as a mail carrier, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Benjamin Nundy (39, Ruskin) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Irvin Bates, 64, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of theft of government funds, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $3760.00 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
Release: Cairo proved to be fruitful ground for the 23 U.S. companies and farm groups who were part of a recent FAS-sponsored trade mission there. As a result of three days of meetings with potential customers from Egypt, Algeria and Jordan, mission participants reported immediate, on-site sales of U.S. farm and food products totaling $6.3 million - with total projected sales of $13 million over the next 12 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Ordered to pay restitution to nine identified victims.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: At approximately 11 am today (4/26) notification was received by Buffalo National River dispatch two persons were in danger in the park’s Upper District, specifically near Kyles Landing in Newton County (between Ponca and Pruitt). One was reported safe on an upstream island, but without means of reaching...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman who used stolen mail to create counterfeit checks and credit cards was sentenced Wednesday to 34 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We have been asking for the past six weeks that you allow our Committee Members to vote on a bill that would require President Donald Trump and all future presidents to disclose their tax returns to the American people. Although last year you urged then-candidate Trump to “open up...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day on April 30 at 2 p.m. EDT by participating in a ceremony in Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement with Dayton Township in Tuscola County to ensure full access to township services for individuals with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JUSTIN BROWN, age 30, and JOSHUA CARTHON, age 32, both of New Orleans, pled guilty today to interstate transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises. Additionally, co-defendant, ANWAR ABDELMAJID-AHMAD, a/k/a Tony, age 29, of Gretna, pled guilty to conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes, conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin, and federal firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Casidus Carr, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon-in-possession of a gun, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
