News from February 2017
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Humana’s decision to exit the exchanges under Obamacare in 2018. The decision follows past statements by the insurer that they would be re-evaluating their future within the exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Four of five defendants involved in a string of violent armed robberies have been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The group was responsible for the armed robberies and attempted robbery of Jet Pawn, Cash America Pawn and Mad Dog Smoke Shop in January 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, with a bipartisan group of senators, introduced S.340 , the Sensible Environmental Protection Act, to eliminate redundant federal permitting requirements for pesticide applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations related to the murder of a Port Acres woman in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: TULSA, OKLAHOMA-A 21-year-old Tulsa man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges stemming from a sex trafficking operation conducted by Tulsa Police Department’s Vice Unit, United States Attorney Danny C. Williams, Sr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of today’s #SubDCCP hearing, Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) previews what audiences can expect the subcommittee to explore in the 115th Congress. First up, the exciting reality of once-futuristic technology: self-driving cars.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: The road through Arches National Park will be closed from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during a major road construction project scheduled to begin in March and continue through November of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kerry Smith, 41, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and James Jewell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COLLIN FLETCHER, 52, last residing in Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, MDA and MDMA.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: For the month of March, Cape Cod National Seashore will exhibit oil paintings by artist Yvonne King as part of its ongoing series, Perspectives: Seeing Cape Cod National Seashore Through Art. The exhibition will be open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the Salt Pond Visitor Center, 50 Nauset Road in Eastham.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will conduct a summer youth work program under the authority of the Youth Conservation Corps through the National Park Service.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and five other Ranking Members at a press conference to discuss the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. A transcript of his remarks follows...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: ELY - An effort by the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Department of Wildlife to stabilize and rehabilitate thousands of acres of eastern Nevada’s fire-damaged public lands concluded successfully yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Carteret, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for conspiring to traffic approximately four kilograms of ethylone from China to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will roll out the Cody Interface draft plan at a public meeting on March 1 at the Park County Public Library.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 28-year-old Silsbee, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS-David Crosby, 44, of Forsyth, was convicted of failure to register as a sex offender following a one-day jury trial. United States District Judge Susan Watters presided over the trial. Sentencing has been set for June 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jermaine Mitchell, a/k/a “Melo," 44, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 260 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack." He was convicted following a six-day jury trial on June 27, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to continue exploring the potential of self-driving cars. Today’s hearing allowed for members to learn more about the safety benefits of self-driving cars, the testing...
