News from August 2017
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, August 31 - Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 12 the Senate’s health committee will meet to hear testimony from health care experts on ways to increase state flexibility in the individual health insurance market.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Today, U.S. District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández sentenced former Administrator of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s “Administración de Desarrollo Laboral" (Workforce Development Administration) Sally López-Martínez to 9 years of imprisonment and 2 years of supervised...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration announced plans to slash funding for the upcoming Open Enrollment period, which is scheduled to begin on November 1st...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Gunnison, CO: September will bring change to recreational boating on Blue Mesa Reservoir. A few reminders.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted three inmates at the women’s Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville for assaulting other inmates, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - A federal indictment was unsealed last week charging Rafeal Lateef Baker, also known as “Channel 4," age 42, of Brunswick, Georgia, Takashia Atkinson, age 31, of Brunswick, Georgia, and Kenneth Anthony Moore, also known as “Smooth", age 47, of Freeport, Texas, with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Dejesus, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of ammunition before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Representatives from numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies have formed a working group to investigate and prosecute illegal activity related to Hurricane Harvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers have begun stabilizing a partially collapsed waste storage tunnel on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Ernest Roberts, a/k/a “Balla Walla," (age 41) of Allendale, South Carolina, was convicted this morning by a jury in Columbia, South Carolina, after a two-day trial in federal court. Roberts was charged and convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A grand jury returned an indictment here today charging the former controller of a company in Kechi with embezzling more than $175,000, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Johnny Ray Hamby, age 53, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville pursuant to his federal indictment for felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. United States District Court...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: All visitor services and facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial are reopening at normal hours on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Today, all House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to ask that he investigate Trump’s pardon of controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio and related events.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Maurice Lackey, age 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession with intent to distribute crack and marijuana, possession of two firearms by a convicted felon, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: August 30 Update. The Federal Aviation Administration has continued to handle emergency and relief operations at a number of airports in the Hurricane Harvey area, including at Houston Hobby and George Bush Intercontinental. The FAA is prepared to support the resumption of commercial service flights ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Today, the Energy Department is announcing an additional competitively awarded multi-year SuperTruck II project. PACCAR Inc. joins four other SuperTruck II teams to develop innovative technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks, commonly known as 18-wheelers. PACCAR has...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
