News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man faces life in prison after a jury convicted him of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a 37 year-old Fayette County resident.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every day patients and middle-class families are facing higher premiums. The Energy and Commerce Committee today released 21 graphics showcasing states where premiums have gone up by the national average of 25 percent or more. All of the graphics can be found on the committee’s newly created Health Care Central, a go-to resource in the effort to deliver meaningful health care reforms.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. In an effort to find common ground to preserve sage brush ecosystem in Nevada, federal and state agencies and key stakeholders have agreed to form working groups to identify regulatory flexibility and improve communication and outreach between themselves and the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Madison, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Darnell Isabell, 32, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to eight years in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Isabell pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 19, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Justice Department reaching a settlement with Takata Corp., which will include a total fine of $1 billion and criminal charges against the company. The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation, and $850 million to compensate automakers who have suffered losses from massive recalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern or practice of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The department found that CPD officers’...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 135 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution and handgun possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Statement by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on the Departure of John Leonardo, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Former Paintsville Mayor, Robert Porter, has been sentenced to 48 months for misappropriating property and city resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the completion of a Montana operation that convicted eight defendants for methamphetamine distribution and illegal possession of 68 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The operation, which joined numerous law enforcement agencies...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Mid-Term Evaluation of its greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks. EPA chose to leave the standards unchanged.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service shares President Obama’s enthusiasm for promoting diversity and inclusion in national parks and other public lands announced in yesterday’s Presidential Memorandum on Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Our National Parks, National Forests, and Other Public Lands...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that two Crowley men were each sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for robberies in three parishes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Marvin Naylor, 46, from Daleville, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on January 9, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eric Wormsley was sentenced to 93 months in prison for heroin trafficking and firearms crimes, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man charged with Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal officer pled guilty to, and was sentenced, on January 4, 2017, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Tampering with a Witness, Victim, or an Informant was sentenced on January 5, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornamnn.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Mid-Term Evaluation of its greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks. EPA chose to leave the standards unchanged.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Violent Gang Charged with Murder, Armed Robbery, Drug Trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today welcomed the newly announced Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee. Grijalva said he looked forward to working with them and returning members to promote conservation and stop what are expected to be two years of constant Republican attacks on America’s bedrock environmental laws.
